Oleg Tambulilingan

Balinese culture has many creative and weird dances that are performed at temple ceremonies and for tourists on occasion. One of the strangest named dances is the Bumblebee dance, more correctly, the Oleg Tambulilingan. Created in 1952 by a famous male dancer Mario ( real name Ketut Marya) for a world fare, performed by the famous dance troupe from Peliatan,close to Ubud, in 1951.

The Bumblebee Dance is a very sensual performance and mimics the mating dance of 2 bumblebees, the male obsessed with the female who elegantly and coyly keeps him away. She eventually gives in at the finale. The female role is especially complicated and sometimes 2 girls play the roles. Balinese female dancers wear a tightly-bound sarong and dance by bending forward slightly, keeping their feet close together and bending their arms at right-angles.fault style to be override.

via Baliblog.com

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