After successful performance of Bedaya Legong Calonarang Fusion Dance in Esplanade Theater Singapore, Ayu Bulan Dance Workshop presented its new opus, Legong Mintaraga which was staged for the first time at Ancak Saji (front courtyard) of Puri Agung Peliatan (Great Palace of Peliatan) on Wednesday 8/29/07, in a series of legong dance performances to honor the legendary dance teachers Anak Agung Gde Mandera and Gusti Made Sengog.

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Dear All,

In August and September there will be a Legong Festival and Tribute to Anak Agung Gede Mandera and Ni Gusti Biang Sengog and other teachers and their students. This is the outline of the program details will be forthcoming on this list.

Thanks,

Rucina

26 August, opening
Photo - Film exhibit, booklet launch, Reunion of dancers by going to Pura Gunung Sari together;

26 - 27 August evening
Two gamelans bebarungan every night with different dances by different generations of Peliatan Legong musicians and dancers at Balerung;

28 August
Guruhs Sukarnoputra¹s Legong and modern dances -

29 August
Gung Bagus¹s Kebyar, Gung Oka Dalem’s Janger and Gung Ayu Trisna Bulan group’s new Legong (Mintaraga), at Puri Agung Peliatan

End September
Tribute for Gung Kak Mandera, Niyang Sengog and other late Peliatan gamelan teachers ( to the families) and Sekeha Gong Wanita .

Sunday, 24^th September, 2006

A crowd of spectators had the opportunity to witness a grandiose Balinese cremation ceremony in Ubud recently. The deceased was Ida Cokorda Istri Rai, daughter-in-law of the King of Peliatan, and the high-caste status of this royal family ensured that it was an elaborate occasion.

The cremation procession featured a Naga Banda, a mythical dragon-like creature with a 5-metre long tail, which is one of the elements that made this high-caste ritual such a spectacular event.

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