#kecak

[koshigurajumy]

Kecak (Ramayana Monkey Chant)

Kecak, also known as the Ramayana Monkey Chant, performed by a circle of at least 150 performers wearing checked cloth around their waists, percussively chanting "cak" and moving their hands and arms, depicts a battle from the Ramayana. The monkey-like Vanara helped Prince Rama fight the evil King Ravana. Kecak has roots in sanghyang, a trance-inducing exorcism dance.

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Kecak Dance: Hanuman defeats Ravana after Sundown Melasti Beach, Ungasan, Bali, Indonesia - November 2023 📷 Samsung Galaxy S23

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Performers at Kecak Fire and Trance Dance, Ubud, Indonesia.
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(at Ubud, Bali, Indonesia)
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[doshmanziari]

Kecak Chanting in VGM

Here’s entry #2 in an unnumbered non-series of posts about miniature trends in videogame music. The first was about Pat Metheny. This is about keck.

Kecak, known in Indonesian as tari kecak, is a form of Balinese hindu dance and music drama that was developed in the 1930s in Bali, Indonesia. Since its creation it has been performed primarily by men, with the very first women's kecak group starting in 2006. The dance is based on the story of the Ramayana and is traditionally performed in temples and villages across Bali. Also known as the Ramayana monkey chant, the dance is performed by a circle of as many as 150 performers wearing checked cloths around their waists, percussively chanting "chak" and moving their hands and arms. The performance depicts a battle from the Ramayana, in which the monkey-like Vanaras, led by Hanuman, help Prince Rama fight the evil King Ravana. Kecak has roots in sanghyang, a trance-inducing exorcism dance.

There are several games from a variety of genres that make use of samples of kecak chanting, all of them Japanese-developed. Secret of Mana’s soundtrack, composed by Hiroki Kikuta, is the earliest I know of its employment (1993) with its theme for the Dark Lich, entitled “The Oracle.” Next in line chronologically is Power Stone 2′s soundtrack (April 1994), composed by the Atlus Sound Team. Soon after (September 1994) is Shippu Mahou Daisakusen: Kingdom Grandprix, co-composed by Hitoshi Sakimoto and Masaharu Iwata. Significantly, Sakimoto would go on to use a vocal motif in his Vagrant Story soundtrack that sounds like it’s based on kecak chanting. In 1997, there is The King of Fighters ‘97′s soundtrack, composed by Shinsekai Gakkyoku Zatsugidan. Finally -- to my knowledge -- we have, in 2004, the beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED soundtrack, with the highlighted track composed by John Robinson.

A number of Japanese videogame composers had exposure to Yellow Magic Orchestra’s music, and it’s consequently plausible that they also first came across kecak chanting while listening to YMO’s 1981 album Technodelic.

[dtieago]

Kecak Dance / Uluwatu Temple / Bali 

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Kecak dance is described rows of monkeys helping Prince Rama against Ravana in the Ramayana epic,

[hemusartblog]

100 Days of Teabag Art | The Dance Series | Kecak | Day-6 Watercolours and Ink on Tea bag (Twinnings) Kecak is a form of Balinese dance and music drama that was developed in the 1930s in Bali, Indonesia. Since its creation, it has been performed primarily by men, with the very first women's kecak group starting in 2006. Also known as the Ramayana Monkey Chant, the piece, performed by a circle of at least 150 performers wearing checked cloth around their waists, percussively chanting "cak" and moving their hands and arms, depicts a battle from the Ramayana. The monkey-like Vanara led by Hanuman helped Prince Rama fight the evil King Ravana. Kecak has roots in sanghyang, a trance-inducing exorcism dance. Kecak was originally a trance ritual accompanied by male chorus.In the 1930s, Walter Spies, a German painter and musician, became deeply interested in the ritual while living in Bali. He adapted it as a drama, based on the Hindu Ramayana and including dance, intended for performance before Western tourist audiences. I had the opportunity to actually witness this dance live when I visited Bali several years ago and I must tell you that it was one of the most trance-inducing thing I have witnessed so far. I would definitely recommend that you check out the dance-drama on the web! #100daysofteabagart #kecak #day6

[ngurahsuryakusuma]

Kecak Dance

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Kecak Dance