Kecak Dance in Bali

Kecak Dance in Bali - Kecak Dance is a form from Dance and Drama from Bali, Indonesia. Kecak Dance created in 1930 by Balinese artist together with Dutch painting artist Walter Spies. Kecak Dance tell about the The Kecak Dance tells you about the Indian story of Ramayana.  Rama, a warrior and rightful hier to the throne of Ayodya, is exiled with his wife Sita to a faraway desert.  There, an evil king spies Sita, falls in love with her, and sends a golden deer to lure Rama away.  Sita is captured, and Rama rounds up his armies to defeat those of the evil king and rescue her.

The men’s chorus chants the words Cak ke-cak ke-cak ke-cak ke-cak ke-cak, in rhythm, over and over again, For this reason they are called the Kecak or Cak dance. This dance is very unique because the Kecak Dance was only accompanied by music taking advantage of the voice pf the players.


Kecak Dance used for sacral dance to worship Sang Hyang. Kecak Dance is one of many traditional dance in Bali. With the unique, Kecak Dance became popular until now. We can see Kecak Dance performance in Uluwatu Temple.

Here some photo about Kecak Dance :