*"Nowhere is the richness of Balinese art more evident than in the
glitteringly brilliant music and dance of gamelan gong kebjar, which uses a
25-piece orchestra of xylophone-like bronze-keyed instruments, tuned gongs,
cymbals, drums, and flutes. This style is relatively new. The earlier
musical style known as gamelan gong was stately in pace. Gamelan means
orchestra; gong refers to the large gong used in the orchestra. But when
the kebjar style came into existence, this traditional form changed
radically. Kebjar literally means to burst into flame. Musically, kebjar
refers to free virtuoso passages which are interspersed with the
traditional episodes."*