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	Rangda Information
		Rangda is the demon queen of the leyaks in Bali, according to traditional Balinese mythology.
		It is suggested that Rangda may be derived from the 11th century Javan queen Manendradatta who was exiled by the king, Dharmodayana, for allegedly practising witchcraft against his second wife.
		Rangda is important in Balinese culture, and performances depicting her struggles with Barong or with Erlangga in that tale are popular tourist attractions as well as tradition.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Rangda (178 words)

	What is Rangda? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Rangda dons a mask with protruding boar-like tusks, shrouded by a shock of white, bedraggled hair so long it reaches her legs.
		Rangda’s pendulous, naked breasts are made of stuffed cloth and swing as she dances.
		Rangda is most commonly seen in south Bali and is an important part of a number of dances and performances, including: Barong, Calonarang, Wayang Calonarang, Legong Semarandana, Barong Landung and others.
	www.baliadvertiser.biz /articles/kulturekids/2004/6rangda.html (306 words)

	Why Rangda
		Rangda along with her counterpart Barong are the names of two important Balinese gods.
		Rangda is an "evil" god while Barong balances her evil with his "goodness".
		As mentioned above, Rangda is not really evil, and her existence in Balinese mythology is largely to represent the balance that we need to have in our lives.
	www.rangda.com /why_rangda.html (472 words)

	Bali Dances Information - Batukaru.info
		It is in a performance of Tjalon Arang, the legend of Rangda, that the Balinese theatre reaches the height of its magnificence.
		The audience is on edge as the curtains part and the frightful form of Rangda appears, shrieking curses upon the prince, who is put to flight as the old witch descends, bellowing, amidst clouds of smoke, sparks, and explosions.
		It is not unusual for Rangda to run wild and go about the village moaning, or to disappear into the flness of the ricefields.
	www.batukaru.info /dances/calonarang1.php (603 words)

	Black Dragon by Opifex
		Rangda was a Shade, and Shades cannot feel fear, but she did not want to be seen.
		Rangda was silent for a long time, and then she let out a horrible, silent howl.
		Rangda touched the egg’s shell with her fingertips, and intoned the following words in the ancient language: ‘Bíl náttúra tith minn líkami, feiknstafi sási skulblaka til bict óvœttr eđa skömm hir módir allr hir œvi.’
	www.shurtugal.com /fanfiction/viewstory.php?sid=9879&chapter=12 (2344 words)

	Bali Insider :: Your online information on BALI
		The widow-witch rangda is bad though and certainly not the sort of thing you'd like to meet on a midnight stroll through the rice paddies.
		At the end of the dance, the masks of the Barong and of Rangda, as proof of their sacred nature, are stowed in a special room inside the temple.
		When the dance is performed, Rangda is the evil spirit which enters the bodies of his victims, usually followers of the Barong, and pushes them to the edge of suicide.
	bali.sitesled.com /music.html (1920 words)

	Pam's Bali
		Rangda (which in old Javanese means widow), is easily recognizable as she usually appears in the dance wearing the mask of a terrifying woman -- with bulging eye, long tusks, a wide mouth and unruly long hair that sweeps along the ground.
		Rangda proved to be too powerful to defeat and in the end the king asked for advice from the palace priest.
		Rangda lost the fight and her dead body was burnt in order to release her soul to suffer the torments of hell.
	pamsbali.com /works.html (1197 words)

	Rangda - Megaten Wiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Rituals depicting the battle between these two beings are staged in Bali, and in these, Rangda is depicted as a scantily clad hag, with long hair, claws, pendulous breasts, and a fiery tongue.
		The origin of Rangda in folklore may have come from an 11th century queen in Bali, who was banished for practicing witchcraft.
		Supposidly, she then used magic in an attempt to destroy the kingdom in vengeance, but was defeated by a holy man. The name "Rangda" translates to mean "Widow".
	www.popanime.net /megami/wiki/index.php?title=Rangda (123 words)

	ASW - Österreich >>>Rangda und Barong
		Waehrend Rangda ihr Vorbild in der balinesischen Geschichte hat, als die der schwarzen Magie maechtige Mutter des großen balinesischen Koenigs Airlangga, ist der Barong ein Fabelwesen in Loewengestalt.
		Das weiße Tuch der Rangda dagegen verursacht Übelkeit und kann einen Menschen sogar in Lebensgefahr bringen.
		Der Barong greift ein und hebt Rangdas Zauber auf.
	www.asw-at.org /publikationen/barong.htm (1501 words)

	Rangda - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Her face is traditionally a horrifying fanged and goggle-eyed mask, with a long, protruding tongue.
		Bali is a Hindu nation, and it is suggested that Rangda may also be associated with Durga, the Hindu mother warrior goddess, and Kali, the fl mother goddess of destruction, transformation and protection in Hinduism.
		While Rangda is seen as fearsome and by many as the personification of evil, she is also nevertheless considered a protective force in certain parts of Bali, much like Kali is seen as a benevolent mother goddess in the Indian states of West Bengal, Assam and Kerala.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rangda (368 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		According to some historians, Rangda was Airlangga's own mother, Mahendradatta, whom her husband had sent into the jungle for practicing fl magic.
		Other theorists maintain Rangda sought revenge against Airlangga because he did not side with her when his father took a second wife.
		Rangda, who died relatively early in life, is thought to be buried in a tomb near Kutri.
	www.balix.com /handbook/chapters/about_bali/history_java.html (2087 words)

	Pam's Bali
		Rangda (which in old Javanese means widow), is easily recognizable as she usually appears in the dance wearing the mask of a terrifying woman -- with bulging eye, long tusks, a wide mouth and unruly long hair that sweeps along the ground.
		Rangda asked Dewi Durgha to be allowed to bring disaster to the kingdom as revenge for her disappointments.
		Rangda lost the fight and her dead body was burnt in order to release her soul to suffer the torments of hell.
	www.pamsbali.com /works.html (1197 words)

	The Art of Mask Carving
		The story goes that Rangda, the mother of Erlangga, the King of Bali in the tenth century, was condemned by Erlangga's father because she practiced fl magic.
		Rangda casted a spell that made Erlangga soldiers all wanted to kill themselves, pointing their poisoned keris into their own stomachs and chests.
		It is said that if Rangda's spell is too strong, a weak soldier may not be able to resist it, even with the help of Barong.
	www.ebaliart.com /art_mask_carving.html (1837 words)

	Barong and Rangda
		Rangda is the left, a female widow queen of the witches who is in the night and darkness which bring sickness and death - the fl magic.
		Rangda is portrayed as a monstrous old woman with long and hanging breast.
		The climax of the conflict between Barong and Rangda is when kris dancers in trance rush to barong's assistance by attacking rangda.
	www.balitourguide.net /barongandrangda.htm (290 words)

	Zack's Indonesia Bali pages a43
		Rangda is the Balinese word for widow; but to the idea of a widow is attached a certain awe, even a degree of fear or horror.
		These long trembling nails are the first thing one sees of Rangda when she issues from between her umbrellas, covered in the white cloth of invisibility, painted with magic symbols and figures, which quells her foes when she waves it against them.
		Equally indispensable are the tall curved slender banners (oemboel-oemboels), which when held down with their points crossed in front of her symbolize her flight through the air; her hoarse, crowing laughter, and the defiant exultation with which she flings herself backwards and forwards, till her tresses sweep the ground behind and before.
	www.indonesia-bali.com /bali-indonesia-2/indonesia-bali-aa43.htm (652 words)

	Zack's Indonesia Bali pages a201
		Rangda is also reassuring- sacred masks of Rangda are often kept in the village temples and are believed to protect the village from harm, just as does the mask of the friendly barong; they can be benevolent forces in the life of the community (Bandem and deBoer, 1981).
		Rangda is not feared but she is held in awe, like other things felt but not understood.
		Rangda and the dragon's male followers go into trance and the latter fall down at the wave of Rangd9s white cloth and they perform the self-stabbing, which is harmless because they are in trance.
	www.indonesia-bali.com /bali-indonesia-2/indonesia-bali-aa201.htm (675 words)

	Database Unsorted - Batukaru.Info
		To express the fight between the Barong and Rangda in terms of good and evil is to miss the point.
		The Barong is not a Saint George battling with the Dragon; the Barong too is a monster of the same kin as Rangda.
		He is even regarded, in a mystical Tantric interpretation by a Hindu priest,' as actually an emanation of Rangda, won over by offerings to take the part of the villagers against her.
	www.batukaru.info /jepun/jawa/jakarta/life/presiden7.html (241 words)

	A new context for an old witch : Calon Arang book launch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Calonarang wept with frustration for her daughter for she did not want her to share the same fate as herself, to not have a partner to love and to cherish and to be cherished.
		Sitting next to his wife while he was performing Rangda, I asked her if she ever got frightened watching him dance the witch -- did she think he might become possessed or hit by fl magic (which is something that can occur when dancing this role).
		She is a member of the all-women's troupe Luh Luwih (and has performed Rangda as part of a traditional Calonarang) as well as the comedy ensemble Grup Gedebong Goyang.
	www.saritaksu.com /ca-launch.htm (1496 words)

	Protestant Christian Church of Bali
		He wanted to stop the problems and decided to move the Christians to Alas Rangda in the Western part of Bali, 127 km.
		Rangda is also the bad God in the Barong dance.
		The people became educated, an artistic church was built with family settlements as well as an orphanage, school and clinic and it was judged to be the best village in Bali.
	www.christianchurchbali.org /synod/blimbingsari.html (371 words)

	Wooden Masks
		She was condemned for practicing fl magic and when she widowed she summoned all the evil spirits in the jungle to help her destroy Erlangga.
		A battle ensued and Rangda's fl magic troops were so strong that Erlangga had to ask for the help of Barong, a benevolent deity.
		Rangda cast a spell that made Erlangga's soldiers want to kill themselves, pointing their poisoned keris (arrows) into their own bodies.
	www.ebaliart.com /catalog/item/3930058/3650300.htm (199 words)

	Temple - Sacred Monkey Forest Ubud Sanctuary - Mandala Wisata Wenara Wana - Padangtegal Ubud Bali
		Rangda is often depicted, within Balinese Hinduism, as being the Queen of Witches, an expert in fl magic, bloodthirsty, a cannibal, an arch enemy of Bali's beloved protector(s), and a figure with grotesque physical traits (such as 6 inch long nails, hairy knuckles, and drooping breasts).
		Rangda is believed to be a figure that the Balinese historically derived from the Javanese.
		For example, as previously mentioned, Rangda is commonly considered to be the rather mischievous incarnation of Dewi Durga.
	www.monkeyforestubud.com /temple_god.html (1671 words)

	Bali - Barong
		The Barong and Rangda engage in a fierce battle.
		Rangda (and the man playing Rangda, for these knives are very real and very sharp) are protected from harm through the power of trance.
		Rangda uses her magical powers to cause the men to fall into trance, turning their knives on themselves.
	music.ucsc.edu /swarasanti/bali/barong.html (992 words)

	INM Bali Travel Guide - Barong Dance Drama
		Anyhow, she becomes known as the Widow (Rangda) and turns into a terrible Leyal (witch-monster) that is finally killed by a saint who assumes the form of the Barong.
		Rangda and the Barong fight, but as their powers are balanced, none of them can win.
		The kris dancers attack Rangda with their magic knives (kris), but she casts a spell on them so that they fall into a trance stab themselves with their knives instead of her.
	www.bsu.edu /classes/magrath/STORYTIME/barong/rangda.html (699 words)

	Festival Barong Dance is tradicitional in bali
		She is ready and eager to kill Sahadewa, but because the immortality given by Ciwa, the Rangda can't kill him.
		She fights and loses again and for the third time she transform herself into the powerful of Rangda, as Ranga, she is too powerful for Sahadewa.
		There is short fights between the Rangda and the Barong, but the fight is undecided and the Barong leaves the stage to call his followers.
	www.indosentral.com /barong_dance.php (1005 words)

	The Two Wolves - Bali (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The story goes that Rangda, the mother of Erlangga, the King of Bali in the tenth century, was condemned by Erlangga's father because she practiced fl magic.
		After she became a widow, she summoned all the evil spirits in the jungle, the leaks and the demons, to come after Erlangga.
		Rangda cast a spell that made Erlangga soldiers all wanted to kill themselves, pointing their poisoned keris into their own stomachs and chests.
	www.twowolves.co.uk /home/gallery/bali_2004.htm (301 words)

	THE TJALON ARANG PLAY Indo-leisure.com - Bali information
		A tall house on stilts is built at one end for Rangda, reached by a high runway of bamboo, flanked by spears, pennants, and umbrellas, all symbols of state.
		Watchmen are appointed to wake all the children that have fallen asleep lest their tender souls be harmed; a priest stands ready to conjure Rangda, who will make her triumphal appearance at the end of the play.
		It is not unusual for Rangda to run wild and go about the village moaning, or to disappear into the flness of the ricefields.
	www.indo-leisure.com /the-tjalon-arang-play1.htm (557 words)

	Friendster - Rangda Cantik Oprandi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		So Far, Rangda Cantik Oprandi alias Mary is such a great companion to have with.
		However, appearantly, Rangda Cantik Oprandi happens to be a fan of JLo and not Tyra with her massive boobs.
		This Rangda Cantik Oprandi is armed with bubliness that is able to turn grave into a night market.
	www.friendster.com /7691742 (418 words)

	Barong Rangda, Balinesia - Bali Hotels - Villas - Tour and Travel - Information Services
		The natural world to the Balinese is one held in balance by two opposing forces: the benign, beneficial to man, and the malign, inimical to humanity.
		Yet the essence of the Barong and Rangda play remains the eternal conflict of two cosmic forces symbolized in the two protagonists.
		At one point in the fight, when the victory of the Barong is threatened, the kris dancers rush to the Barong's assistance by violently attacking Rangda.
	www.balinesia.com /bali/bali_art_n_dance/barong-rangda/index.html (678 words)

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