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legong

(ləˈɡɒŋ)
n
(Dancing) a graceful Balinese dance performed by two young girls
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However, the classical Bharatanatyam of India and the Legong of Bali take years to master.
In Legong, featuring Scar, and Soccer featuring Apolo Diablo, Snow gets to work with some of the country's domestic hip hop industry greats, and the element of motswako, comes to the fore.
They were Raka Rasmi, an inheritor of Legong dance, Suyanti, a wildlife protection expert, Robin Lim, founder of the Health of Mother Earth Foundation, Sri, a primary school student and the daughter of a sulphur miner, Rusidah Badawi, a photographer, Didik Nini Thowok, an artist of classic Javanese dance, Lucienne K.
To the thrill of the participants, traditional Indonesian dances of 'Legong' and the '4 ETNIS' were also performed by the Indonesian students.
Legong is a "balih-balihan", or secular, Balinese dance form meant "purely for entertainment" and has "no propaganda".
Perkebunan Nasional X PT's cigars are selling well in Bali as a result of the products' name incorporating Bali (Bali Legong and Bali Djanger).
Stephen Davies ("Beauty, Youth, and the Balinese Legong Dance") investigates the connection between beauty and youth in Balinese legong dance, a highly formalized dance in which a dancer reaches retirement age before puberty.
The performers will present a traditional repertoire, including Kebyar Trompong, Legong Kraton, and Teruna Jaya.
She was being trained for the traditional dance, the Legong, an important dance that originated in Balinese palaces.
(6) Rudin had a background as an organizer of dances, especially the legong dance of young girls which was founded as a court dance and a variety of exorcistic rites.