Dramatari Arja

Art performances in Bali are a media that can deliver messages and information to the community. This we can see from the sort of performance that entertains us, especially performances that has a dramatic story. The information and messages can be delivered to the audience in the dialogs between the dancers, along with the messages of the story. One of the famous drama dances in Bali is the Arja Drama dance (Dramatari Arja).

The Arja is a drama dance where the dialogs are sung. The word arja is though to come from the world “Reja’ (comes from the Sanskrit Languange), which means beautiful ar contains beautiful ness, is reckoned to apper in 1825. the source of the main story of the Arja drama dance come from panji, folktales, Mahabhrata, Ramayana and group of other stories that are well known ro the community. The Arja always brings you the characters of ; Inya, Galuh, Desak Rai, Limbur, Liku, Penasar, Mantri Manis, Mantri Buduh, and the two royal servants Punta and Kartala. In the Arja drama dance, the Gamelan orchestra that is normally used is the Geguntangan, which has sweet and gentle sound to increase the beauty ness of the songs that are sang by the dancers.