Drama Gong is the futher development of dance-drama and folk opera. It is more realistic than the operas, leaving the difficult lyrics and songs and dances, but still the gamelan music remains. So then people called it "Drama Gong", the drama accompaniend by gong orchestra.
The number of players is unlimited but the cast always
includes king, queens, a good looking prince and his friends, another prince
with a bed character, a beautiful princess, and some other players to adapt the
simpler roles. The stories are completely free, so are the dialogues. They use
the local language, Bahasa Bali, and Bahasa Indonesia at once, and even some
words of English if they have to shpw a role with that language. Drama Gong is
the favourite show for the youth. It is played from about 10pm until dawn.
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