Wherever you travel in Bali, atmosphere filled by gamelan sound. People play gamelan in the quasi-religious ceremony is underway, in the village hall, and in the streets when the procession went to the temple ceremony, or the grave. Gamelan even sometimes also played for the high government officials who are visiting.
Gamelan usually equipped by some dancers. For the ceremony in the temple dancers, dancers usually represent several generations. Age and does not go through formal training is not a hindrance. In a ceremony in the temple you may only see the women dancing with elderly gemulainya. So you can see a little girl dancing with her mother's mouth is open because too many daub coloring lips. Sons, women, men and women are all dancing. Not all of them through formal education in terms of dancing before able to dance in public. The point they all danced. But why they are dancing?
If we are talking a matter of offering, what is in our mind is flowers, fruit, pastry, and so forth. For the Bali is a dance is also offered. The main purpose of the dance is for God and dedication to the gods, not as a spectacle for the public.
In a ceremony at the temple, to welcome the gods group of dancers (mostly women) danced around the main shrine three times. While dancing in a simple but elegant movement they also carry some supplies such as water sacred ceremony, the fire, the fabric in various colors, and so forth. Dancers, dancers follow this berkitar lap counter-clockwise direction as a symbol of the mountain. Gamelan group gamelannya play follow-dancers and dancers toss some other songs to praise God.
