BALI'S KECAK DANCE

Kecak (pronounced: /'ke.tʃak/, roughly "KEH-chahk", alternate spellings: Ketjak and Ketjack), a form of Balinese music drama, originated in the 1930s and is performed primarily by men. Also known as the Ramayana Monkey Chant, the piece, performed by a circle of 100 or more performers wearing checked cloth around their waists, percussively chanting "cak" and throwing up their arms, depicts a battle from the Ramayana where the monkey-like Vanara helped Prince Rama fight the evil King Ravana. However, Kecak has roots in sanghyang, a trance-inducing exorcism dance.[1]Kecak was originally a trance ritual accompanied by male chorus. German painter and musician Walter Spies became deeply interested in the ritual while living in Bali in the 1930s and worked to recreate it into a drama, based on the Hindu Ramayana and including dance, intended to be presented to Western tourist audiences. This transformation is an example of what James Clifford describes as part of the "modern art-culture system"[2] in which, "the West or the central power adopts, transforms, and consumes non-Western or peripheral cultural elements, while making 'art' which was once embedded in the culture as a while, into a separate entity."[3] Spies worked with Wayan Limbak and Limbak popularized the dance by traveling throughout the world with Balinese performance groups. These travels have helped to make the Kecak famous throughout the world.

FAMOUS PEOPLE

LEVEL: Form 3
TIME : 35 minutes
AIMS : To find specific information on websites and use it to complete worksheet given. And to practise using adjectives to describe people (writing)
TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS:
One computer per group of 2-3 students, with an Internet connection and a Web Browser.
Websites: www.famouspeople.com
PREPARATION:
Locate sites dedicated to famous people.
Using the information on the site and prepare a worksheet.

PROCEDURE:
Teacher shows the students a few pictures of famous people in the world. Teacher asks the students about what they know about the people, such as what make them famous and their significant contributions.
Teacher distributes worksheets to the students and ask them to answer the questions if they know. Teacher informs the students that they can get the answer to all question from website.
Teacher sends the students to chosen website and ask them to find information and complete the worksheet given.
As all the students finish, teacher asks students to exchange the worksheet with other group. Teacher discusses with the students about the answers.

FOLLOW-UP:
Based on what the students have learnt today, write an essay (not less than 250 words) about their most favourite personality and post it to class blog.