HE was 80 and still shivering from high fever when he was asked to perform the dance. Approaching unsteadily, he entered the stage.

The audience held its breath as the gambus music opened with the tune Bunga Cempako One…two…three…four…the old man stepped back and forth to the accompaniment of the rhythm of the gambus and marwas. Once in a while, he would reel to one side and another. Once again the audience held its breath expecting th