Joged dance
Template:Infobox dance Template:Infobox intangible heritage Template:Dance drama of Southeast Asia Joged dance (Template:Langx) is a style of dance from the Island of Bali derived from the traditional Gandrung dance.<ref name=":1">Template:Cite web</ref> The term joged or joget is also a common word for dance in Indonesia. The dance is typically accompanied by a gamelan ensemble of bamboo instruments, called a gamelan joged bumbung. Its dancers usually wear attire consisting of a Kebaya and Sarong.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref> Unlike most Balinese dances, joged is not a religious or ritual one. It is more of a secular social dance for entertainment purposes only.<ref name=":0" /> During a joged performance, a single or several female dancers will perform for usually predominantly male audience to dance with them. Dancers may often invite a spectator to join in the joged using a fan and sash.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" /> which unlike many dances has no set moves and is largely improvised. It is considered impolite to refuse such an invitation.<ref name=":0" />
The dance often involves movements that are erotic and teasing, showing various interactions between the dancers and their male counterpart, ranging from humorous to seductive. The more provocative nature that this dance can have was called "[incompatible] with the ethics of Balinese culture" by Putu Beratha, head of Bali Province's Cultural Affairs Department, with a youth-led movement Stop Joged Jaruh attempting to remove recordings of the dance from YouTube.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2016 Governor Made Mangku Pastika attempted to ban the dance, calling it "pornographic".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In August 2017, the Bali Provincial Government held a joged bumbung festival to attempt to improve the dance.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The dance is quite comparable with other Indonesian dance traditions, such as those of Javanese ronggeng and Sundanese jaipongan.