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Adar
This form is no longer performed at the present time, although it cannot be said to be totally extinct, since the expertise needed to perform it still exists, and it may be revived someday. The performance normally would take place in the street close by the bale banjar (ward association hall). Around the dancing area many small stands and stalls for vendors were set up, similar to the arrangement which prevails at any Balinese festival even today, but in this case some of the booths were operated by the seven or eight girls who would take part in the dancing. Before and during the performance, men from the crowd would gather around the tables, bidding for the little items sold by the girls. The men who made the most valuable offers of rice, coffee, cash, or other valuables would later be selected to dance as ibing. The best offer of all would earn the opportunity to dance first. The performance took place late at night, and was illuminated by small coconut-oil lamps. Before the dancing begin the girls would return from their little vending booths to form a chorus and sing a traditional Balinese folk-song. The Adar performance contained no introductory dance section. One by one, by the dim light of the lamps, the girls would select their partners and dance in the performance arena for the time. Then the dancer and the ibing might withdraw to the darker shadows, to dance in a more private place. While she was thus away from the stage, her place would be taken by another girl. Adar would go on until very late at night, often continuing until dawn. |
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