Remembering what was the most scary creature that you really affraid of when you were a kid - The legend of Rangda, the evil witch in a monster form. The ancient Balinese community was a place where some of them learning the black magic (this legend is similar with other parth of the world), they can change their form of human into animal (mongkey or dog) and also can heart other people with their spell. We the Balinese call them “Leak (read about this here)“. At the recent time (21 century) we still can found one, but this is very rare.

The opposite of what I am talking about is Barong. This creature eventhough has a beast face, but it has the pure heart of white side (God Side), He is protecting the human from evil Rangda Spell. The Balinese then create a dance that describe this two creature, see the picture for detail. The real creature of Rangda(one of my family met this creature some years ago) is almost similar with the real one.

My dad said to me that we should not affraid of such thing, because god will not let the evil win over the good. But we can only maintain to have them still in balance.

Just an information, when you visit Bali, please make sure you watch this attraction, which is available for tourist attraction usually include on your Bali tour.

The Mighty Barong

Rangda - Evil One

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