Topeng Panca: Popular Mask Performance
Thursday, July 19th, 2007 by Sidarta WijayaAt the end of nineteenth century, the king of Badung had assembled a truly superior group of dancers to perform at court. Some of the artistes were of brahmana caste, while others were commoners. Ida Bagus Boda, who was to later conceive the modern choreography for the condong (lady in waiting) in Legong, was leader of the group. Since there were five dancers who were all expert performer of Topeng (mask perfoermance), Ida Bagus Boda was inspired to devise a performance in which the entire group could take a part. He called it Topeng Panca (Five-man Mask performance).
Topeng Panca performance on Bali Arts Festival 2006
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