Sanghyang Dance

   Sanghyang dance is the sacred dance where the spirits come into the dancer body. Both the spirit of Devi or animals that had the invisible strength. This dance was the cultural inheritance preHindu that was purposeful refused the army. The Sanghyang dance was the spiritual communication dance from the community member. It was naturally disappeared with the sang and worship with the accompaniment of percussion music. In this dance always had three important elements there are fire, Sanghyang song and dancer. The Sanghyang dance was generally staged in Bali consist of Sanghyang Dedari, Sanghyang Deling, Sanghyang Bojog, Sanghyang Jaran, Sanghyang Sampat and Sanghyang Celeng.


1. Sanghyang Dedari is dance by a two young girl that beforehand they dance the community and priest will do some ceremony and sing Sanghyang Dedari song until unconscious sign of the spirit come into the dancer body. The aim staging of this dance was to request the safety from the natural disaster or the plague of the illness. This dance was received in the area of the Badung Regency, Gianyar Regency and Bangli Regency.


2. Sanghyang Deling is dance by a two young girl. Spirit of the God Vishnu and Devi Sri that symbol of the fertility come into the dancer body. In the place there is a tree that hang by two dolls that called "Deling" made from lontar leaves. If it the tree wobbled fast that means the spirit already come into dancer body. The aim of this dance was requested the safety.


3. Sanghyang Bojog is dance by a man with the fashion like a monkey. After the spirit come into his body, the dancer will jump up and down on the tree imitated monkey movement. Sometime his movement is difficult to be imitated by humankind. 


4. Sanghyang Jaran is dance by man that drive a horse that made from the coconut leaves. After ceremony and the spirit come into his body, the dancer go and run small with a neked foot step on the fire that was prepare in the area.


5. Sanghyang sampat is dance by a girl who is entered by the spirit and take a broom intermediary and the movement from left to right. Or sometime with bamboo.


6. Sanghyang Celeng is dance by a man with the fashion made from palm fibre that resembled a pig. After the dancer enter by spirit, then the dancer would walk and behave like a pig.