Dance and Music at Ubud Palace

For some reason Ubud, the village we are in, has its own king, with his own palace which we visited last night for a dance performance.  The Balinese traditional dance is very slow and graceful, with emphasis on hand/finger movement and facial expressions, elaborate costuming.

Of course it was all accompanied by a 20+ piece gamelan orchestra which were very skillfully played - nothing like my demo from the other day!

The masked dance was presented also, and a bit on the scary side:

Earlier we had a lovely dinner overlooking the Campuhan Ridge Walk - which we had completed in the morning, before my batik lesson. This tourist thing can be pretty exhausting!