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Bali, Kecak Dance
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The famous Balinese Kecak "monkey" dance, a folk tradition in which tribal men sit in a circle and orchestrate chattering and clicks and voice with simple hand movements, has been overlaid with Hindu mythology to create a somewhat disjointed but otherwise compelling drama. A great example of modern narrative combining ancient and recent traditions into a widely adoptable whole, though the apparent seams reflect the recency of the integration, and will surely be smoothed out over the course of the next century or so.