Bali OC with Barong and Rangda
Xiao Wen, my 🇨🇳 friend drew Bali OC(typical hetalia), that kind of unbelievable and made me so moved🗿 The OC name is I Gede Arnawa (In Balinese culture, an "I" is placed before a name to indicate a male, Gede means firstborn boy and Arnawa means sea) We knew each other from my two Hetalia chibi artwork about American 'TikTok Refugees' migrate to another Chinese app called Xiahongshu as ban looms, which the artwork got a lot of attention, so that lead me al luck to know her. Then I gave her this :) She has ever visited in Bali, and this artwork I also want to introduce more Balinese cultures, which I actually miss watching the fight between Barong and Rangda🗿The battle between Barong and Rangda is a dance drama that symbolizes the eternal struggle between good and evil in Balinese culture, which essentially coexist. Both are given immortality, so the fight between them never ends. Their equally powers trigger an endless fight, where there s no winner. Both good and evil can't be removed from human life, in the spiritual beliefs of the Balinese Hindu, there s a concept "Rwa Bhineda" which literally means two differences that work harmoniously, human life depends on the balance between two opposing forces. Welcome to Bali🪷