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Dance Summary

...except tile youngest, who in the Javanese version is called Kleting Kuning. When the six of them have been carried over the river, only the youngest is left. She asks Kendit Birayung to help her cross the river, but he refuses.

from Java to Bali, AS R matter of fact, the influence of Hindu culture had begun some centuries before and the process of acculturation was only speeded up after the 10th century, because of the close relationship between the kings of Java and Bali. This influence of Hindu-Javanese culture made itself felt even more stronger from the 14th to the 15th century. And when Islam entered Java, many noblemen from Majapahit who did not want to he converted into Islam running away to Bali. The influence of the Hindu-Javanese culture was so deep, so that most of the themes of the Balinese dance-dramas are Javanese.

The indigenous culture of the Balinese merged to such an extent with the Hindu-Javanese (Hindu-Buddhist) culture that a unique society was formed which remained unchanged for centuries. When the island of Java and other regions of Indonesia underwent a process of conversion to Islam, the island of Bali maintained its Hindu-Bali culture. It is therefore not surprising that Bali is regarded as a living museum of the Hindu-Javanese period, Many products of Old Javanese literature from the period of Majapahit have been found in Bali, written on the leaves of the lontar-palm.

Nor did the period of western colonization bring about a change in the Hindu-Bali culture.
Western writers and tourists say that the Balinese lead a simple life in which the system seems to be that of mutual assistance and for -this reason the island of Bali has been called a "paradise on earth". This quality of mutual assistance is a distinctive characteristic of Indonesian society in general, and is especially in evidence on the island of Bali.