The traditional Balinese Kecak dance retells a story from the Hindu epic Ramayana, culminating in a dramatic display of fire symbolizing the triumph of good over evil.

The kecak dance involves a retelling of one of the stories in the Ramayana, the Hindu epic poem. At the story's climax, there is an eruption of fire as tufts of dried coconut husks are set aflame. <img alt="undefined" src="https://feeds.npr.org/1004/undefined" /><p>The kecak dance involves a retelling of one of the stories in the Ramayana, the Hindu epic poem. At the story's climax, there is an eruption of fire as tufts of dried coconut husks are set aflame.</p><img src="https://media.npr.org/in...