Panyembrama Dance
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Panyembrana Dance is one of popular welcoming dance in society of Balinese. This dance is danced by two or more, the important is even. This Panyembrana Dance is very unique because its dancer bring a silver bowl full contains of flowers, and the end of this dance, the dancers will trow the flowers as a welcome greeting. The dancers also will dance something religious, i.e. dancer will sit with knees bend and pray in order all guests stayed far from negative elements during the journey and beg for the flowers become holy and also be sowed can give blessing.
Once upon a time, this dance is performed in empire to welcome king arrival from the trip and also arrival of important empire’s guests. But after the age flowing, this Panyembrana dance is danced to welcome overseas guests or other important guests , including all tourists and foreigners visiting to Bali. This Panyembrana dance also performed to begin an important occasion, such as official announcement of building, wedding day, product launching and also to begin a dinner time.
Because this dance is already exist from the past, hence it is unknown who created this dance. Many artists in the prior time served their self to empire, and on that moment the artists given command by king to make a dance able to be used to welcome empire’s guests on occasion held by the king.
Costume used by this Panyembrana dancer is Tapih (layer cloth coating kamben), kamben (sarong), belt (small long cloth bandage the body from waist till chest), shawl (cloth closing chest), and headdress full of roses and frangipani also put on a gold flower reflects a glory of empire. Time goes by and more modern, this costume of Panyembrana dancer getting more developed with combination bright and contrast color, so that the dance become more interested with unique Bali nuance
Once upon a time, this dance is performed in empire to welcome king arrival from the trip and also arrival of important empire’s guests. But after the age flowing, this Panyembrana dance is danced to welcome overseas guests or other important guests , including all tourists and foreigners visiting to Bali. This Panyembrana dance also performed to begin an important occasion, such as official announcement of building, wedding day, product launching and also to begin a dinner time.
Because this dance is already exist from the past, hence it is unknown who created this dance. Many artists in the prior time served their self to empire, and on that moment the artists given command by king to make a dance able to be used to welcome empire’s guests on occasion held by the king.
Costume used by this Panyembrana dancer is Tapih (layer cloth coating kamben), kamben (sarong), belt (small long cloth bandage the body from waist till chest), shawl (cloth closing chest), and headdress full of roses and frangipani also put on a gold flower reflects a glory of empire. Time goes by and more modern, this costume of Panyembrana dancer getting more developed with combination bright and contrast color, so that the dance become more interested with unique Bali nuance