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Sanghyang Jaran  

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Sanghyang Jaran

Sanghyang Jaran, the Pemangku (temple priest) or a group of chosen men becomes himself the Sanghyang, possessed by ancestral deity, a Gandarwa (celestial soldier) on horseback. The dance is performed in the inner court yard of the death temple. As in Sanghyang Dedari the dancer is put into trance with wafted of incense and chorus of Sanghyang song. In the state of trance the dancer fall, convulsed to the ground and rush to grab hobby horses. During the pre-trance chanting, coconut shells have been lit, leaving red hot coals.

The dancer is said to be attracted by all forms of fire and onlookers are required not to smoke. The entranced dancer take on the movement of a horse leap into the coals, prancing on top of them, picking up the hot pieces and bathing themselves in fire. The Sanghyangs are accompanied only by a kecak chorus of chanting men. At the end of the dance, the entranced dancer is pacified by the sprinkle of holy water. Sanghyang Jaran is performed in a time of pestilence or disaster. This sacred dance can be found in Denpasar, Badung, Gianyar, and Bangli

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