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http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/14/obituaries/14LIMB.html


Wayan Limbak, Balinese Dancer, Is Dead at 106
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

AKARTA, Indonesia, Sept. 12 ‹ Wayan Limbak, a Balinese dancer who helped
create the island's famous monkey dance, has died in Gianyar on the island
of Bali, The Jakarta Post reported last weekend. He was 106.

Working with the German painter Walter Spies in the 1930's, Mr. Limbak
adapted a traditional exorcism ritual to invent the dance known in
Indonesian as Kecak.

The dance, which features a chorus of bare-chested men making monkey sounds,
is popular with tourists visiting Bali.

Mr. Limbak helped popularize Kecak and shape Bali's image as an exotic
cultural paradise by taking his dance troupe to several international
festivals.

Mr. Limbak, who outlived each of his three wives, is survived by 4 children,
22 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild.