Bali
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The
periods of Indonesian dancing discussed here have been delimited
by the essential element in development. Since dancing practically
grows and develops only if that process runs parallel with
the development of the society supporting it, the most exact
division into periods of dancing is that based on the development
of its society.
Based
upon the development of the Indonesian Social structure, dancing
in Indonesia can be placed within three periods of time:
(1)
The Period of Primitive Society (up to 400 A.D.)
(2)
The Period of Fe,idal Society (400 A.D. - 1945)
(3)
The Period of Modern Society (starting in 1945
dances
were also "democratic", in the sense of belonging
to all members of society, in spite of being both magical
and sacral.
Tile
feudal period covers the time from about 400 A.D. to 1945,
which is the year of the beginning of the modern independent
state, During this feudal period there were broadly speaking
two social classes, viz. the class of the feudal aristocracy
and the class of the common people.
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