INDONESIA: DELEGATES TO AFRO-ASIAN CONFERENCE WITNESS COLOURFUL PROCESSION IN BALI
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588415
INDONESIA: DELEGATES TO AFRO-ASIAN CONFERENCE WITNESS COLOURFUL PROCESSION IN BALI
- Title: INDONESIA: DELEGATES TO AFRO-ASIAN CONFERENCE WITNESS COLOURFUL PROCESSION IN BALI
- Date: 29th April 1965
- Summary: 1. GV MASS CROWD GATHERED FRO PROCESSION. 0.07 2. LV CROWD WITH BANNERS. 0.11 3. CU (SOF UP) MAN STARTS TO CONDUCT BAND. 0.18 4. LV BAND. 0.20 5. CU DITTO (2 SHOTS) 0.36 6. GV START OF PROCESSION, LARGE FLOAT. 0.42 7. SV MEN IN PROCESSION LAY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. 0.48 8. LV ANOTHER FLOAT. 0.54 9. SV MEN CARRY RELIGIOUS SYMBOL 0.58 10. CU WOMEN IN PROCESSION. 1.04 11. CU CHOU EN-LAI LOOKS ON. 1.09 12. PROCESSION, MEN CARRY HEAVY OBJECTS, INCLUDING MODEL COW. 1.23 13. SV MEN RUN WITH MODEL OF TEMPLE 1.34 14. LV DANCE OF THE "BARONG" AND "RANGDA". 1.41 15. CU MAN DRESSED AS BARONG WITH LARGE FINGERS DANCING. 1.56 16. SV "RANGDA" HORSE-LIKE ANIMAL DANCING. 2.02 17. CU ZOOM MRS. SUBANDRIO SITS WITH MRS. SEKOU TOURE AND PRINCESS ASHRAF PAHLAV. 2.06 18. GV PAN GIRLS IN PROCESSION START OF THE "PENDET DANCE", ARMED TROOPS IN F/G. GUARD VISITORS. 2.40 19. SV WOMEN DANCING PENDET DANCE (3 SHOTS). 2.54 20. CU CHOU EN-LAI WAVES TO MASSED CROWD. 2.58 21. GV MASSED CROWD LEAVING. 3.12 Initials DS/V/AW/JM DS/V/AW/BB EDITORS: THERE IS BACKGROUND SOUND ON THIS PRODUCTION. SOUND UP AT 6 1/2 FEET 11 SECONDS. Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 14th May 1965 13:00
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- Location: BALI, INDONESIA
- Country: Indonesia
- Reuters ID: LVA97APVRGA8V6CYO94TFD97LWYC
- Story Text: DELEGATES TO THIS MONTH'S AFRO-ASIAN ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE IN INDONESIA ENDED THEIR STAY IN THE REPUBLIC WITH A THREE DAY VISIT TO BALI. RECEPTIONS AND VISITS TO TEMPLES WERE CLIMAXED BY A HUGE PARADE DURING WHICH THE FAMED BALINESE DANCERS PERFORMED CENTURIES OLD DANCES FOR THE STATE GUESTS.
THE STREETS OF DENPASAR, BALI'S MAIN CITY, WERE CROWDED FOR THE PARADE. SPECTATORS AND MUSICIANS MINGLED AT THE ROADSIDE AS THE VAST PROCESSION BEGAN TO MOVE PAST THE REVIEWING STAND. FOR MORE THAN TWO HOURS DANCERS IN THEIR LOCAL COSTUMES AND TEMPLE FINERY RHYTHMICALLY MOVED THROUGH THE CITY'S CENTRE IN A MOBILE PANORAMA, REPRESENTING HUNDREDS OF YEARS OF BALI'S DISTINCTIVE CULTURE.
UNLIKE THE REST OF INDONESIA WHICH IS MOSLEM, BALI'S RELIGION IS A MIXTURE OF HINDUISM AND BUDDHISM WITH TRACES OF THE OLDER FAITH OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE. ITS SYMBOLS ARE INDIAN AND CHINESE IN ORIGIN AND THE WHOLE, IN BALI OF TODAY, IS WOVEN INTO THE FABRIC OF EVERYDAY LIFE.
FLOATS AND TEMPLE RELICS HEADED THE PROCESSION WITH THE BEARERS STRAINING UNDER THEIR HEAVY LOADS. THEN FOLLOWED THE POPULAR DANCE OF BARONG AND RANGDA. THE DANCE TELLS THE STORY OF THE CONFLICT BETWEEN BARONG KOKET - A BELOVED, MYTHICAL ANIMAL AND PROTECTOR OF THE PEOPLE - AND THE DEMON-WITCH RANGDA. THE BATTLE RAGES FIERCELY AND A HUMAN OFFERS HIMSELF AS A SACRIFICE WHEN THE OUTCOME SEEMS IN DOUBT. BUT AS GOOD ALWAYS TRIUMPHS, RANGDA IS BEATEN AND DRIVEN BACK TO THE GRAVEYARD.
THE FINALE WAS THE PENDET DANCE, PERFORMED BY YOUNG BALINESE GIRLS. IT SYMBOLISES THE JOYFUL RECEPTION OF THE GODS, WHO ARE SUPPOSED TO ATTEND THE TEMPLE FESTIVALS BUT IS PERFORMED THESE DAYS AS A WELCOME TO DISTINGUISHED GUESTS TO THE ISLAND.
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