Calon Arang Dance

This may be a fascinating hour on the first night of the full moon, when the long shadows spread like a ghost on the ground, the village people gathered in an open place near the temple of the dead to watch the drama of Calon Arang, the widow-witch of Girah. Every Balinese knows the legend Rangda as CaIon Charcoal, a favorite in local folklore. Long ago, when Airlangga is king, there lived a widow, Calon Arang, which gave birth to a son in th '' u ngle. The children grow up to be famous Rachael UTY Digging 6ea. Caion tier Charcoal wanted to marry a princess prince fromairiangga'spalace, butdespite herbeauty, no prince to come. Angefed by this, the widow of learning the art and practice of black magic against the kingdom, causing many people to die. When Airiangga heard about the epidemic in Girah, he consulted with the high priest, Mpu Bharadah. Imam sent his son to ask his Digging Ratna. Calon Arang was pleased with the offer. Outbreak subsided, and the couple married. Calon Arang was in possession of a palm (palmleaf book) teaching of black magic. His son-in-law one day find it and give it to her father, who then managed to solve the formula for the widow of a secret power. When Calon Arang Mpu Bharadah found already know the secrets, he was furious and declared war on him. Priests had no choice but to fight and, in a deadly struggle witchcraft, destroy widow by casting a spell. Before he died, Calon Arang ask forgiveness. Mpu Bharadah release behavior and shows the way to heaven The story has many variations, and no two Calon Arang play exactly the same. Basically, the play is a drama of sorcery that served as a powerful exorcism of evil spirits parallel with Rangda witch queen. By dramatizing Calonarang Rangda heightof power atthe as hermagical, expected performance wizard will get help and satisfy her appetite for destruction.