A djanger dance performance features rows of singing girls, weaving
patterns with their hands. The word djanger means humming, and the name
of the dance comes from the hummed or murmured background surrounding
the entranced girl dancers. The central figure here is performing a scene
from a Balinese dance drama based on Hindu mythology. The elaborate headdresses
are modifications of traditional Balinese wedding and funerary headdresses
worn in religious ceremonies.