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Ring of fire: Spice Island saga (Videotape)

Title: Ring of fire: Spice Island saga (Videotape)
Publication: c1987.

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	VHS	Use in library	*MGZIA 4-967	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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1 cassette. 57 min. : sd. color NTSC.; 1/2 in. (VHS)

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Volume 1 of four programs originally telecast on the PBS Adventure series. A co-production of Blair Brothers Productions Inc. and WGBH/Boston. Distributed as a videotape by Mystic Fire Video, Montauk, New York. Producers: Lawrence and Lorne Blair. Director: Lorne Blair. Photography: Lawrence and Lorne Blair. Writer: Lawrence Blair.
Music: Mason Daring and the people of Indonesia.

Contents

DANCE CONTENTS. - Sulawesi (Celebes): Bugis wedding ceremony, including a dance by bissus (transvestite priests). - Island of Butung: Flag dance by palace guard, women's dance, and men's weapon dance.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-967

OCLC

NYPY906011325-F

Title

Ring of fire: Spice Island saga (Videotape)

Imprint

c1987.

Summary

Travelogue culled from a ten-year journey through the Indonesian archipelago by the brothers Lawrence and Lorne Blair, who studied its natural environments, history, and ethnic and cultural diversity. Brief glimpses of dance and dance-related rituals, some performed by ethnic groups little known to the west, are seen in their cultural context.

Local Subject

Television. Ring of fire.

Dance -- Indonesia.

Bugis (Malay people) -- Dances.

Bugis (Malay people) -- Marriage customs and rites.

Dance -- Celebes.

Weapon dances.

Added Author

Blair, Lawrence. Producer. Photographer. Author

Blair, Lorne. Producer. Director. Photographer

Daring, Mason. Composer

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-967

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