sanghyang
Balinese dance
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role in ritual beliefs
- In Southeast Asian arts: Balinese dance-drama
The sanghyang dance is usually performed by two young girls who gradually go into a state of trance as women sing in chorus and incense is wafted about them. Supposedly entered by the spirit of the nymph Supraba, the girls rise and dance, often acrobatically, though…
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