Abstract

Art products in Bali include fine arts, crafts, gamelan, dance and vocal arts. inherent in carry out all activity ritual ceremonies. The function of visible art products in activity ceremony Panca Yajnya. One of the types of performance dance that The nuances of ritual magic still exist today and are supported by indigenous people in Bali are Barong and Rangda. Barong is generally in the form of an animal, but there is one Barong that is more like a human figure, namely Barong Landung. Although mythologically it is always associated with a certain area, almost all Traditional Villages have strong knowledge of Barong Landung regardless of not having physical artifacts. It is interesting to delve deeper into how the existence of Barong Landung is from the side of the stories circulating in society. How the existence of Barong Landung is also an inherent part of the existence of Balinese society. Through data collection in the form of searching for manuscripts or documents, as well as text interpretation, it was obtained that Barong Landung has many versions of its existence, starting from the mystical side such as Kanda Pat, the magical side such as the story of Ratu Gede Mas Mecaling, to the history of Bali which associates the name of King Jaya Pangus. The existence of Barong Landung is also a projection of the journey of Balinese people's lives about the space and time they inhabit so that it is attached to, stories, myths, beliefs and religious practices.