Joged

The Joged dance is typically accompanied by a gamelan ensemble of bamboo instruments called a gamelan joged bumbung. The Joged Bumbung is one of the few secular dances of Bali where the flashy-dressed jogged dancer invites men from the crowd to dance with her in pretence of seduction.

The dance begins with a long opening sequence of the female dancer. With her long shawl in the hand, she goes among the spectators and invites a man by pointing at him with her fan, or touching him at the waist. The man invited to dance is called the pengibing. The better he is, the louder the cheers and roar of the crowd. He may try to pinch her, dance hip to hip with her, or behave like an upset lover and try to hit her.