This Balinese dance depicts a group of swamp birds ("Manuk"=bird, "Rawa"=swamp) from the "Wana Parwa" story of the Indian epic Mahabharata. Originally, this dance was part of a larger Mahabharata dance drama called "Bale Gala-Gala" which was performed in the Bali Arts Festival of 1980. The dance was coreographed by I Wayan Dibia and music was written by I Wayan Beratha.
