点评:What we liked:
- The costumes worn by the performers.
- The local men who took part in the group performances. It is nice to think that ordinary local people, rather than professional actors, are given the opportunity to preserve and continue traditional ceremonial dances and songs — and also have a chance to earn some money from it.
The downsides:
- There are large speakers set up around the performance area. They play music before the show starts, and it is incredibly loud — far too loud. Perhaps the volume is deliberately set this high to attract additional spectators and people casually walking past on the street. But for those who have actually paid for tickets and are sitting in the audience, it is painfully loud. Our ears were ringing and we had to cover them until someone tapped us on the shoulder. It was a family sitting behind us. They gave us some cotton wool to put in our ears — which they had already used themselves as a family.
- The show itself is more of a narrated presentation than a theatrical performance. The actors come onto the stage and mostly stand there, periodically changing their poses.
Their entire presence on stage is accompanied by continuous, uninterrupted narration — in Balinese, of course. The organisers should perhaps remember that it is tourists who are paying for these shows. The majority of tourists (around 60–80%) speak English. If the entire show is essentially telling a story, it would be nice if we could at least understand what we are being told, even if there isn't much to enjoy visually.
- When you purchase the tickets, you are given vouchers that are supposedly accepted at the shopping mall. However, none of the three shops we tried accepted them — one selling sportswear, one selling souvenirs, and another one that was probably also a souvenir shop.
Overall impression:
Interesting to see the costumes. Other than that, there wasn't much to it. disco.
What we liked:
- The costumes worn by the performers.
- The local men who took part in the group performances. It is nice to think that ordinary local people, rather than professional actors, are given the opportunity to preserve and continue traditional ceremonial dances and songs — and also have a chance to earn some money from it.
The downsides:
- There are large speakers set up around the performance area. They play music before the show starts, and it is incredibly loud — far too loud. Perhaps the volume is deliberately set this high to attract additional spectators and people casually walking past on the street. But for those who have actually paid for tickets and are sitting in the audience, it is painfully loud. Our ears were ringing and we had to cover them until someone tapped us on the shoulder. It was a family sitting behind us. They gave us some cotton wool to put in our ears — which they had already used themselves as a family.
- The show itself is more of a narrated presentation than a theatrical performance. The actors come onto the stage and mostly stand there, periodically changing their poses.
Their entire presence on stage is accompanied by continuous, uninterrupted narration — in Balinese, of course. The organisers should perhaps remember that it is tourists who are paying for these shows. The majority of tourists (around 60–80%) speak English. If the entire show is essentially telling a story, it would be nice if we could at least understand what we are being told, even if there isn't much to enjoy visually.
- When you purchase the tickets, you are given vouchers that are supposedly accepted at the shopping mall. However, none of the three shops we tried accepted them — one selling sportswear, one selling souvenirs, and another one that was probably also a souvenir shop.
Overall impression:
Interesting to see the costumes. Other than that, there wasn't much to it.
翻译:我们喜欢的地方:
- 表演者们穿的服装。
- 参与集体表演的当地男性们。想到不是专业演员,而是普通的当地民众也有机会来传承和延续传统的仪式性舞蹈与歌曲,同时还能借此赚些钱,真是件好事。
不足之处:
- 表演区域周围安装了大音量扬声器。演出开始前会播放音乐,声音极其响亮——实在太吵了。或许音量被故意调得这么大,就是为了吸引更多观众以及街上随意路过的行人。但对于那些真正买了票坐在观众席上的人来说,声音实在是吵得难受。我们的耳朵都快震聋了,不得不捂住耳朵,直到有人拍了拍我们的肩膀。那是一家人,就坐在我们后面。他们给了我们一些棉花让我们塞进耳朵里——这些棉花他们全家人事先都用过了。这场演出与其说是一场戏剧表演,不如说是一场配有旁白的展示。演员们走上舞台后大多只是站在那里,偶尔变换一下姿势。
他们在舞台上的整个表现过程都伴随着连续不断、从未间断的旁白——当然是用巴厘语。主办方或许应当记住:为这些演出买单的正是游客。绝大多数游客(约60%至80%)都会说英语。既然整场演出本质上就是在讲述一个故事……如果我们至少能听懂别人在说什么就好了,即便从视觉上来说没什么可欣赏的。
——购买门票后,我们会得到一些凭券,据说可以在购物中心使用。然而我们试过的三家商店都拒绝接受这些凭券:一家卖运动服装,一家卖纪念品,还有一家大概也是纪念品店。
总体印象:
能看看那些服装倒也挺有趣的。除此之外,也没什么可说的了。迪斯科。我们喜欢的地方:
- 表演者所穿的服装。
- 参与集体表演的当地男子们。想到不是专业演员,而是普通的当地人有机会传承和延续传统的仪式性舞蹈与歌曲,并且还能借此赚取一些收入,真是件好事。
不足之处:
- 表演区周围设置了大型扬声器。演出开始前会播放音乐,音量之大简直令人难以忍受——实在太吵了。或许音量被故意调得这么大,是为了吸引更多观众以及街上随机路过的行人。但对那些花钱买票、坐在观众席上的人来说,音量实在大得令人难以忍受。我们的耳朵都快震聋了,不得不捂住耳朵,直到有人拍了拍我们的肩膀。那是一家人,就坐在我们后面。他们给我们一些棉花,让我们塞进耳朵里——其实这些棉花他们一家人之前也用过了。这场演出与其说是一场戏剧表演,不如说是一场配有旁白的展示。演员们走上舞台后大多只是站在那里,偶尔变换一下姿势。
他们在舞台上的整个表演过程都伴随着持续不断的旁白解说——当然是用巴厘语。主办方或许应当记住:为这些演出买单的是游客。而大多数游客(约60%至80%)都说英语。既然整场演出本质上就是在讲述一个故事……如果我们至少能听懂别人在说什么就好了,即便从视觉上看没什么可欣赏的。
——购买门票后,我们会得到一些凭证,据说可以在购物中心使用。然而我们尝试的三家商店都不接受这些凭证:一家卖运动服装,一家卖纪念品,还有一家估计也是纪念品店。
总体印象:
能看看那些服装倒也挺有趣的。除此之外,没什么可说的了。