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Niang Soli at 106, still dances. Not for performance, but as a living expression of Balinese tradition and spirit.
by /u/Old_Ability_9424 | 104 comments | 2026-06-13T20:54:52+00:00 Central
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| /u/Beneficial_Cobbler46 She was 26 when WWII ended. She was 50 for the moon landings. She lived for the almost the entirety of the USSR plus the entire life of Taylor Swift |
| /u/i_should_go_to_sleep The other things don't surprise me too much, don't know why, but being 50 for the moon landings is crazy to me. |
| /u/Equivalent_Owl_Mask Because the moon landing was only 2-5 years after WW2, nothing else happened after all. |
| /u/Real-Frosting2618 What year do you think WW2 ended exactly. |
| /u/Bluefooted-Spaceorc My dad was -12 when WW2 ended. My dad was 12 when the moon landing happened. |
| /u/Equivalent_Owl_Mask the one ending with an /s |
| /u/Real-Frosting2618 Sure let's go with that |
| /u/Dick_Danalu_Jr https://giphy.com/gifs/ujTVMASREzuRbH6zy5 ^ Her throughout all of it |
| /u/Makures the entire life of Taylor Swift Taylor Swift died🙹 |
| /u/Silly_Rub_6304 Upvoted for proper use of the interrobang. |
| /u/G42GManTarHun213089 And her parent most likely witness or survive the 1901 Dutch invasion of Bali where many Balinese honorable ksatriya death (mass suicide) rather than subjugated by the invader |
| /u/Deaffin There is zero confirmation anywhere of this person's age. Any time you see a claim of someone being over 100, they're almost always lying or being made into clickbait. |
| /u/battletuba It's funny if you search her name you can see posts from 2026 where she's 106 years old. Then posts from 2025 where she's also 106 years old. In 2024, still 106 years old. Then in 2023 she's 105 years old. |
| /u/OccludedFug 78% of internet statistics are made up. A woman from my college died six months ago. She graduated college in 1937, at the age of 23. She was born during WWI. |
| /u/Ok_Pipe_2790 I wonder if her age been confirmed one way or another |
| /u/Syscrush Is any of this documented, or are we taking her word for it? |
| /u/HugeHunter r/BarbaraWalters4Scale |
| /u/Old_Flan_6548 r/barbarawalters4scale |
| /u/Quebecdudeeh Yours as well, and mine. |
| /u/the_dude_that_faps When she was born, TVs didn't exist. She really has lived through it all. |
| /u/kirbyb84 Ha. Ha. Ha. Entire life of Taylor Swift. Cute. I see you buddy. And like your style. ✌🏻❤️😁 |
| /u/HomerStillSippen I feel like for 106 years old, she's moving pretty damn fast! |
| /u/ThereWanderer Yeah that lady's got muscles still, you can see her arms. |
| /u/GothmogBalrog Moving is what has helped her reach 106 |
| /u/Fair_Appeal_2280 How good was the record keeping in Bali 70-100 years ago because I find it extremely hard to believe she's 106. |
| /u/Atllola If you look at other centurarians, they all have that similar "old face." She's definitely at least 90+. This story apparently is from 2 years ago so she would be 108 now if this is true. Couldn't find much on her except this same story going viral. I found one video on YouTube by Kompastv, where they interview her a month ago. The title there says she's 100. You can tell there she's very old. There is probably more about her but it's all in Indonesian. |
| /u/Melancholic_Noodle She's old, but it's incredibly doubtful she's anywhere close to that age. Most centurarians are propped up by modern medicine and healthcare, they are alive but not gonna go out and dance or even move like that. Record keeping in these countries were bad back in those days and may still be subpar. You'll find a multitude of people in third world countries claiming to be well over a hundred years yet spry as a 80 years old...because they are. |
| /u/Catnip_Farmer The woman is actually 36, but smokes aztec nicotiana. |
| /u/Deaffin There is zero record or even a claim from this person of what age she is, just clickbait social media posts. |
| /u/Deaffin And that's why people write 106 instead of 62. |
| /u/damianmartian Please visit me in my dreams |
| /u/Szeharazade She might steal your dick! |
| /u/PudPullerAlways So? Not like they're using it... |
| /u/Scant_Options4Hope In the SNES game Secret of Mana, there is level with this kind of bells/chimes music. |
| /u/UnfortunateSnort12 We used to vacation in Bali as a kid. You can't unhear this kind of music. It's pretty at first, and then I'd had my fill. My parents kept taking us to the shows and such, but all I could hear was the music. Probably should've focused my attention to the dancing instead. |
| /u/Captain_Kab I've had a couple of waking nightmares, this could've been the soundtrack of them |
| /u/garrthes It's called Gamelan - a popular ensemble music in Indonesia |
| /u/sparkleslothz The first temple was called "Ceremony" The last boss's music, "The Oracle" has similar vibes too |
| /u/nbshar It's why I came to the comments. And I thought: Naw, I'm REALLY gonna' be the only one on this. |
| /u/User2716057 There's dozens of us! Still one of my favorites, and it's pretty much the only game my dad played & finished, without speaking English. The booklet with the introduction was in Dutch, and he built off of that, comparing key works and numbers. I still have the cartridge and booklet with his notes. |
| /u/JustBrowsinDisShiz This is one of my favorite parts of secret of mana! |
| /u/glaarghenstein It's Balinese gamelan. Music from the Morning of the World is a good intro. |
| /u/thisnextchapter I love the Putamayo collections of world music. Just saved the album on YouTube thanks bruh! |
| /u/SleepyReepies I haven't played Secret of Mana for probably over a couple of decades now but, yeah, this sounded so similar. Crazy that this took me back to that game, lol. |
| /u/VexersVexation Thaaaaaaats why it sounded familiar! |
| /u/stupid_cat_face This is amazing... but the camera work leaves a lot to be desired |
| /u/jstiller30 This video is a vertical slice down the middle of a landscape format video. This is not the original video. Here you can see where it was cropped from. I also don't know if this is the original or not. https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Yv2l2PvrVD4& ra=m |
| /u/StarkHelsing Where is the camera man going? |
| /u/Vin0to He was feeling the spirit too and forgot he had a job to do |
| /u/Azagar_Omiras If I was just 65 years older.... |
| /u/WhisperingHammer This is way beyond impressive. |
| /u/swohio The only thing I found on google were links to facebook and instagram postings of this video. I did see one post claiming "Official documents contradict the claim: Her Indonesian ID (KTP) lists her birthdate as December 31, 1935, which would make her approximately 88-90 years old as of 2025-2026." but nothing actually supporting her 100+ old claim. |
| /u/jawnink Reddit believing an obvious lie? Never. /s |
| /u/PiqueExperience Forget the arms, the hip and neck limberness is amazing for her age. |
| /u/AppropriateBall8834 Shes a true MrBallen fan |
| /u/Old_Ability_9424 The story of Niang Soli |
| /u/Xalipu It's unfortunate that a wonderful video of someone keeping a tradition alive is marred by such an abysmally shitty AI auto dub. |
| /u/Far_Gift6173 I like the music, can you tell me how to find more? |
| /u/ImaginationFun9401 Look up Gamelan Bali on youtube |
| /u/Charming-Standard-84 Her age has never been confirmed. Typical gullible Reddit to just assume OP is right. |
| /u/eeshanzaman https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Yv2l2PvrVD4& ra=m |
| /u/IAMAHobbitAMA Yeah there's no way she's over 100. She likely assumed the identity of an older relative in the chaos after WWII. Super easy to do and was done a lot more than people think. |
| /u/Charming-Standard-84 By facts? No, seems like you're bothered by facts. |
| /u/Gunung_Krakatoa I need to see her birth certificate to prove she is 106 |
| /u/artherng That's what keeps her living |
| /u/evmeowmeow Thank you for sharing this. Incredible. |
| /u/_Deoji_ The chimes and tones reminds me of atla. |
| /u/WalleWonderBra This comment is way too low |
| /u/2019Uk This is a literal performance. |
| /u/Afroditesrevenge https://giphy.com/gifs/AgPt9udT567spxbSHf |
| /u/someguydoingnothing Within South East Asia, written brith records were not common pre independence. Take her claimed she with grain of salt, just others arent around to remember. |
| /u/PRRZ70 Sharing her lovely dance for us, who will never travel to her land. |
| /u/NattyMcLight She is next fucking level. The person filming it that couldnt keep her in frame is shit. |
| /u/Informal-Ring3282 Doesn't look a day over 102! |
| /u/JoefromOhio Beautiful example of humanity... also gives fromsoftware boss vibes. |
| /u/bullshark3000 I bet she never ate McDonald's |
| /u/TheDebonairQuokka Every joint aches when I just get up, and I'm 62! |
| /u/jaw4ever Such dedication! 🤗 |
| /u/AbsoluteUNlT My 30 year old back pain could never. |
| /u/Ex3qtor They better hurry the fuck up making another quatsi movie. |
| /u/FallenReaper360 Damn, I miss Nasi Goreng. |
| /u/WhoWantsMyPants Does anyone know the instruments being used? |
| /u/CrimsonCrossfire I think its a Gamelan ensemble. |
| /u/LuckyDigit This reminds me of a track from secret of mana but i dont remember the name |
| /u/Alejandro_BH I will put money on this being an inspiration for Spirited Away. Immediately saw her as one of the floating spirits for some reason. |
| /u/CaptainCFloyd Fuck performance and expression, the real reason she should be doing this is that it definitely helps a lot in keeping her healthy. |
| /u/Lordjacus Notice the head and eye movements at one point early in the dance, rhythmic changes that (to me) suggest that there was a much more visible head/looking direction shift involved in the dance when she was in her prime. |
| /u/turtlebuttdestroyer 106 and able to walk like that is incredible let alone dance. This woman is amazing |
| /u/Glass_Emu_5104 Beautiful and otherworldly. |
| /u/Gloeschi she lived for the entire life of a may fly, let that sink in |
| /u/Puzzleheaded-Flow724 My dad is 100 and although he still has his mind, he's now in a wheelchair because his aortic valve is 90% obstructed (and physicians just told us they won't do a TAVI 🙁). If I'm going to be this venerable age, I want to be like her, not like my dad. |
| /u/im_new_here_4209 More proof of how healthy dancing is! |
| /u/ContinuingAnyway Look at that toe splay, modern shoes in shambles |
| /u/brw_rt She'll probably get sick if she stops doing that |
| /u/IloveponiesbutnotMLP she doesn't look a day over 92 |
| /u/Wickedfrickin What a beautiful thing to share. Thank you. |
| /u/speedboatmotorboat69 Cc is a c word and I don't know how |
| /u/three_crystals Oh this is so inspiring to see. The dance spirit is still inside of every part of her. |
| /u/kek23k I thought a new video for Tomb Raider dropped. |
| /u/WTFNSFWFTW When you go to the strip club on a Tuesday afternoon. |
| /u/Fliparto And there are 40 year olds who need assistance to board a delta flight in the USA |
| /u/HickoryStickz I'll be taking up this dance as a white male so I can live longer. |
| /u/Ya-Dikobraz Wow, I am in a worse condition at less than half her age. |
| /u/Qu1kXSpectation I'm imagining the feelings and all the thoughts that she reflects upon when she dances. What a vault of experience this person embodies. |