Pendet Traditional Dance from Bali island

        Indonesia is a cultural paradise, this is proven by the thousands are dancing on this island country. more then one the traditional dances are in various areas Indonesia, one of the famous dance is Pendet from the Bali island. Pendet initially a worship dance that was exhibited in Pure(Hindu temple in Bali, Indonesia). This dance symbolizes the welcoming of the gods fall into the natural world. Along with the times, the Balinese artists change Pendet be “a welcome to the tourist who visit Bali”, but still contains elements of the sacred-religious.

        “Pendet” means a statement of Bali peoples in the form of ceremonial dances. This dance is feminine, because it’s so requires the movements graceful and dynamic. There are some embedded philosophy to the younger generation (especially the women), young girls follow the movements of the older woman with the intention of the older women are responsible for providing a good example to the younger generation. Later, Pendet dance is claimed by malaysia, dance Pendet already hundreds of years old, is a native dance from Indonesia. Ni Ketut Reneng and I Wayan Rindi in 1950 modify the Pendet as welcoming guests with a special name Pendet Astuti Puja. These modifications consisted dance four dancers as part of the show turistik in Bali Hotel, in 1961 the dance was modified by I Wayan Beratha with five dancers. and in 1962 with 800 Pendet dancers exhibited at the opening of the Asian Games in Jakarta

       The Bali dances are performed for the purposes of religious ceremony called the Wali dance, while for performances outside Pure called Balih-balihan.