Where the Strange Trails Go Down Sulu Borneo Celebes Bali Java Sumatra St
Where the Strange Trails Go Down Sulu Borneo Celebes Bali Java Sumatra St
Powell, E. Alexander (Edward Alexander), 1879-
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On their heads were towering, indescribable affairs of feathers, flowers and tinsel, faintly reminiscent of those DOWN TO AN ISLAND EDEN 161 fantastic headdresses affected by the lamented Gaby. The music was furnished by a gamelan, or orchestra, of half-a-hundred musicians playing on drums, gongs and reeds, with a few xylophones thrown in for good measure. I am no judge of music, but it seemed to me that when the gamelan was working at full speed it compared very favorably with an American jazz... or- chestra. All the dances illustrated episodes from the Rama- yana or other Hindu mythologies localized, the story being recited in a monotonous, sing-song chant, in the old Kawi or sacred language, by a professional ac- companist who sat, cross-legged, in the orchestra. As a result of constant drilling since babyhood, the Balin- ese dancers attain a perfection of technique unknown on the western stage, but the visitor who expects to see the verve and abandon of the Indian dances as por- trayed by Ruth St.
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