Sanghyang is a sacred Balinese dance, based on the idea that a force enters the body of an entranced performer. The force, identified as hyang, is important spiritual entities in ancient Indonesian mythology. Sanghyang dedari is a dance performed by pre-pubescent girls, similar in some ways to the Legong dance. Often the girls are carried on the s...
Found on
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanghyang
(from the article `Southeast Asian arts`) ...are believed to receive the spirits of Rangda and the Barong, and it is the spirits themselves that do battle. Thus the performance is actually ...
Found on
http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/25
No exact match found.
