Kecak Dance

The Kecak dance was the only performance I really wanted to go to. It involves a mostly male cast of "monkeys" chanting and singing acapella (no instruments). They tell the story of an epic battle from the Ramayana. There is also a fire walk done by a man in a trance. The first time I saw this in 1993, all the performers were in a trance. This time, only the firewalker seemed to be in a trance. And, there was audience participation, which I wasn't a fan of.

Ubud: A Photo Essay

July 17th 2019
I wasn’t planning on returning to Ubud so soon after my 2017 visit, but my friends Ryan and Anthony were getting married there, and my friend Trixie was also attending the wedding, so we decided to make a trip out of it. As this was my fifth time in Ubud, I didn’t really try to see or do many new things... I just let Ubud suck me in as alw ... read more

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The Dutch began to colonize Indonesia in the early 17th century; the islands were occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1945. Indonesia declared its independence after Japan's surrender, but it required four years of intermittent negotiations, recurring hos... ... read more

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