International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research

E-ISSN: 2582-2160   •   Impact Factor: 9.24

A Widely Indexed Open Access Peer Reviewed Multidisciplinary Bi-monthly Scholarly International Journal

Call for Paper Volume 7, Issue 2 (March-April 2025) Submit your research before last 3 days of April to publish your research paper in the issue of March-April.
Submit Research Paper Join as a Reviewer

Plagiarism is checked by the leading plagiarism checker TurnItIn

Call for Paper

Volume 7 Issue 2
March-April 2025

Submit your research paper

Indexing Partners
Academia Advanced Sciences Index Bielefeld Academic Search Engine CiteSeer DRJI Google Scholar Independent Search Engine & Directory Network ISI (International Scientific Indexing) Issuu Mendeley Research Networks
RefSeek ResearcherId - Thomson Reuters ResearchGate Scirus Scribd Semantic Scholar UTeM - Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka Wiki for Call for Papers WorldCat Zenodo

Kecak: Whether an ablaze portrayal of the Balinese culture or not

Author(s) Ms. Anuva Sen
Country India
Abstract The Kecak is one of the most famous dance forms presented to the rest of the world by the Balinese people. The performance can be parallelled with the jatra-pala from Bengal with at least 45-50 men arranging themselves in concentric circles and chanting the sound “cak-cak-cakcak” (read “chak-chak-chakchak”) in various rhythm, tone and intensity from time to time. It is mandatory to mention the fact that there is no use of orchestra, dialogue or instrument and the only sound is the monkey chant of the 50 men as they call it so. The men interweave almost seven rhythms creating great background music catering to the dance performance throughout. The curtailed story of the Ramayana has given the tourists from everywhere a taste of the Balinese culture that many believes to be ’authentic and traditional’. However, as we all know how famous the Island of Gods, Bali, is famous for its tourist attractions, not only does kecak performances portray the tradition of the Balinese people in a worldwide platform but also it has become a source of income for the local people. Kecak has been an attraction for the tourists since the 1930s, more so the western tourists who have very minimum idea regarding the Ramayana. I have witnessed the Kecak performance the Uluwatu temple and many enjoy the same over there, however, many villages (desa and banjar) have created their own little groups for kecak performances which are not considered to be in line with the Balinese Kreasi baru or the new music. The objective of this paper is to acknowledge people around me regarding this unique and brilliant performance that is still so underrated and to show how dance, music and storytelling are interconnected in the same form of art.
Keywords Kecak dance, Performance, Music, Bali, Ramayana, tradition
Field Sociology > Linguistic / Literature
Published In Volume 7, Issue 2, March-April 2025
Published On 2025-03-27
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i02.40011
Short DOI https://doi.org/g8934s
View / Download PDF File

Share this



E-ISSN 2582-2160
CrossRef

CrossRef DOI is assigned to each research paper published in our journal.

IJFMR DOI prefix is
10.36948/ijfmr

Downloads
Research Paper Format Copyright Permission Form and Undertaking Form Cover Page Vol 7 Isu 2Cover Page Vol 7 Isu 1Cover Page Vol 6 Isu 6

All research papers published on this website are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, and all rights belong to their respective authors/researchers.

CC-BY-SA Open Access

About IJFMR
Fees & Payment
Current Issue
Publication Archive 		Submit Research Paper
Track Submission Status
Publication Guidelines
Publication Ethics
Peer Review & Plagiarism 		Join as a Reviewer
Editors & Reviewers
Reviewer Referral Program
Get Reviewer Membership Certi. 		Website/Journal Policies
Usage Policy
Content Policies
Privacy Policy
Contact Us +91-9687-828-838 editor@ijfmr.com