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Ahmad Shiddiqi (March 7,1974 / Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia)
Poems by Ahmad Shiddiqi : 137 / 805
Baris Dance
a dance of war
strongly masculine
display a strong sensitivity
in the myriad of moods and expressions
a sacral dance
performed usually dressed warriors
with distinctive triangular
white headdresses
bearing weapons such as
spears, spiked shields or swords
they dance in line
posing aggressively
before attacking each other
in simulated battles
Ahmad Shiddiqi
Submitted: Saturday, August 30, 2008
Poems by Ahmad Shiddiqi : 137 / 805
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So cool...such a situation of unease and tense you yet explain with a bit of humour. I like your approach to war here in the poetry, Baris Dance.
war is pain, and pain is all you don't need
Dance-like light-footed poem that takes us on a short but deeply felt sway through a dance ritual of which we, in the end, don't know if it ought to send down shivers our spine or if we ought to be feeling ourselves on the safe side of the troupe.
Ahmad, I really like the room for interpretation, yet clarity for a single vision. Well done.
Vow! I am sure it was an amazing dance! Good write!
i liket it, it made me imagine hoe that dance was(is) ....good.