Not An Ordinary Banana Tree

Bali Art Festival (BAF), or locally known as "Pekan Kesenian Bali" (PKB), is now underway.

In every year's event, for a bit of comic relief, the committee invited a refreshingly new and surprising act. Yes, a comedy act, but it's not just your regular, run of the mill comedy act... It is a Balinese language comedy and, even more interesting, the performers are 4 western ladies!!! And they even sing!!!!

The subject of their skits and jokes are always taken from the daily life situations to be found living as a part of the Balinese community...and are more universal than you might expect!

Therefore, their show is another way to bridge the gaps between the Balinese and the diverse group of ex-pats who live on this beautiful, multi-cultural island.

They call themselves "Gedebong Goyang" or, literally translated as "The Swaying Banana Trees".

If you want to know what the name means, (and it's very funny) you'll need to watch this video of a performance they did at the Sanur Festival.

Don't speak Balinese?! No worries. We've provided subtitles both in Bahasa Indonesia and in English so you can experience comedy in the Balinese way.