a small number of men are put into trance
but their transition is much more violent
they fall, convulsed, to the ground
and rush to grab hobbyhorses
force that enters bodies of entranced dancer
a priest is always on hand
to help bring dancers out of their trance-state
at the end of the performance
during the pre-trance chanting
coconut shells have been lit
leaving red-hot coals
the trancers are said
to be attracted by all forms of fire
onlookers are required not to smoke
the entranced dancers
leap into the coals, prancing on top of them
picking up the hot pieces and bathing themselves in fire
kecak chorus men accompany the Sanghyangs
can be seen four times a week in Bona, Bali
where it is claimed that the dancer are
indeed possessed, though by lesser deities
silent, but communicate using complex gestures
of the hand, head and body
story lines usually follow popular myths
or episodes from history
a boy dances around
and bravely through a fire
riding a coconut palm hobbyhorse
Sanghyang means holiness, Jaran means horse
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem