Fire, Rhythm, and Myth: Witnessing the Kecak Dance at Uluwatu, Bali

This is devotion in motion — a sacred, firelit rhythm echoing across Bali’s coastlines. The repetitive chant of “kachak kachak kachak kachak” fills the dusk air, as dozens of men sway in rhythmic trance, retelling a myth as old as time.

This is the Kecak Dance, one of Bali’s most iconic traditional performances — a sound-based theatre piece that combines spiritual tradition, epic storytelling, and human voice as orchestra.