nam myo ho ren ge kyo

Video image here from moment of Tribuana workshop 2011 at Teatro del Montevaso, Italia, thanks to Francesca Pompeo for the space, organization, etc. A period of time in life, there was possible sharing in family climate yet with inner fire of research, desire and pleasure to explore with open mind. economical means just at its limit of possible.

From 2012, seem a stream of economical difficulties, workshop is not become the first necessary,.

A song, a mantra, singing mantra, mantra in song, bayu swara, the magic power of sound, (hat is the power of consonant and vowel, earth and sky, matter and idea interwoven into life,  nam myo ho ren ge kyo, 2x for earth/matter and 2x for sky/light/spirit, my memory of the early 1970's at Bengkel Teater W.S.Rendra , Jogjakarta.  That singing 6 sounds was transmitted to us by a chinese Buddhist monk came one day to Bengkel Theater WS Rendra Group, at Ketanggungan Wetan, Jogyakarta.

Rendra guide us in a unique Javanese mystic-American way of searching in theatrical creation. From his research in late 1960, came out "Teater mini kata" theater of mini word, alost no word.
I joint his group in 1969 -70, to fulfill his demand, asking me to introduce Balinese Breathing Exercise. He inspired me now for a thought:"Theater barometer".
Theater as a barometer of life climate in culture, politic, fashion of creation, ....in life mode.

The spirit of this mantra, enhance Tribuana Bayu Swara, on of the 27 fields to explore in Tribuana Way. (was a Theatrical workshop).

My Balinese tradition within, keep growing inside, creating expression of the three worlds of human: thought, emotion/music, physical/movement; thanks to parents, village, religion Hindu-Bali, all kind of ceremonies that repeated every 210 days (balinese year) with miscellaneous art-performances.

In this Video of temple ceremony in Bali, word "trance" is a thread to trace to perceive this happening. Sound/music is determinant guidance in their action, how long it last, one session, one step, one mode, one situation, ambient.  They are just normal people never study Balinese classical dance, but when the music is there and the day of "odalan" arrive (Odalan cyclic ritual depend on moon or sun cycle= month or year, ah sorry: Balinese year =210 days), they behave like actors or dancer of "gods", or a "spirit" of "a psychic". Ahh, human names it according what they have as knowledge, as experience, as understanding, stand under the light of star constellation (stella=star).

A sounds flow in time-line, awaken actions in mind, energy and body.
They look like just normal, but they live the moment of "not like their daily habit. We may call it a state of trance, transition.