The Kecak and cultural tourism on Bali / Kendra Stepputat.

"The Kecak is one of the most well-known dramatic dance performance practices on Bali. It is based on stories from the Old-Indian epic Ramayana, performed by an ensemble of male and female solo dancers and accompanied by a group consisting of approximately 100 men, who function both as musical...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Cambridge)
Main Author: Stepputat, Kendra (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2021.
Series:Eastman/Rochester studies in ethnomusicology.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Note to the Reader
  • Introduction
  • Part 1: The Present
  • 1 Kecak: The Music
  • 2 Kecak: The Dance
  • 3 Kecak: The Drama
  • 4 The Social Organization of Kecak
  • 5 Kecak: The Tourist Performance
  • 6 From Sanghyang Dedari to Kecak
  • 7 The First Kecak
  • 8 Almost a Century of Kecak
  • Appendices:
  • 1. Kecak dan Wisata Budaya di Bali (Indonesian Summary by I Wayan Sudirana)
  • 2. Kecak Groups of Bali in 2000-2001 (Badung and Gianyar)
  • 3. Facsimile of a Letter from Walter Spies to Leo Spies, 1932
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index