Tari Topeng or the Mask Dance has its own outstanding characteristics. The dancer who puts on the mask acts out the physical and the spiritual being of the mask. More than one dancer can also perform the Mask Dance and tell us the audience a story through the dance.
This dance originates from Cirebon, West Java. Originally this dance has around five mask characters. The masks may appear in different colours and each colour has its own definition. The Topeng Kelana (the red mask) represents greed, anger and evil.