From the INCULS Closing Ceremony last year in Yogya. Thanks to Meg from ACICIS (study Indonesia! www.acicis.murdoch.edu.au) for cutting this together. It probably a more realistic representation of a novice Javanese dance performance than the montage of stills I cut together set to early 90s pop-rap classics. I might post that one for comparison at a later date.
There was a lot of hairspray, make up and waddling around in batik before this big day, not to mention weeks of swinging our heads from side to side, flick scarves and avoiding the small matter of a mini cyclone in the weeks leading up to the performance.
I would point out which one of the dancers is me but as my brother said: “…no offence but which one is you? They all look the same…”
