TITLE: Tari Topeng Telek
CHOREOGRAPHY: Anonymous
PERFORMED: "Yama Sari" ensemble of Peliatan village - gamelan and dance groupe from Peliatan, Ubud, Bali
Tari Topeng Telek is a masked dance-Topeng means mask, and Telek refers to temple guardians. The original creator of Tari Topeng Telek is unknown. This sequence is from the story of Siva, and is part of the famous ritual drama Barong Telek, which tells about the protector-the Barong-and the demonic destroyer-Rangda. Here, Telek and Jauk characters engage in their own conflict which takes place before the central confrontation between Barong and Rangda. The Telek dancers are the temple guardians and the protectors of good. They wear white ma...