The Rejang Dance is a collective women's dance.
It is a sacrificial dance in which the offerings
to the God are the dancers themselves. The Rejang
dancers must be girls who are still pure, often
even little girls six years of age.
The dancers are led by a
Pemangku (temple-priest) who dances foremost.
Behind him is a row of Rejang dancers, holding
a piece of thread which is held by the Pemangku
and passed on backwards. Sometimes they use fans,
sometimes not. The rhythm of the Rejang Dance
is very slow and the movements so simply that
any girl can dance then. The dance is performed
at day time in the Pura.
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