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Ring of fire: Dance of the warriors (Videotape)

Title
Ring of fire: Dance of the warriors (Videotape)
Publication
c1987.

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Additional Authors
  • Blair, Lorne
  • Blair, Lawrence
  • Daring, Mason
Description
1 cassette. 57 min. : sd. color with b&w sequences NTSC.; 1/2 in. (VHS)
Subject
  • Legong (Dance)
  • Television. Ring of fire
  • Dance > Indonesia
  • Asmat (Indonesian people)
  • Ritual and ceremonial dancing > New Guinea
  • Ritual and ceremonial dancing > Indonesia > Bali (Province)
  • Mask dances
  • Trance dances
  • Rangda
  • Dance > Indonesia > Sumba (Island)
  • Shadow shows
Note
  • Volume 2 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: Lorne Blair, Richard Gibb, and Zak Saklofsky. Writer: Lawrence Blair.
  • Music: Mason Daring and the people of Indonesia.
Contents
DANCE CONTENTS: Island of Sumba: Ritual battle on horseback; women's planting song accompanying work movement. -- Irian Jaya (western New Guinea): Various dances of the Asmat people, including ritual dances associated with the carving of poles commemorating dead warriors. -- Bali: Religious procession and offerings in temples; masked dance, including the figure of Rangda; trance dance; shadow play; dance lesson given to a young girl; legong danced by young girls at a temple.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-966
OCLC
NYPY906011351-F
Title
Ring of fire: Dance of the warriors (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.
Asmat (Indonesian people)
Ritual and ceremonial dancing -- New Guinea.
Ritual and ceremonial dancing -- Indonesia -- Bali (Province)
Mask dances.
Trance dances.
Rangda.
Dance -- Indonesia -- Sumba (Island)
Shadow shows.
Added Author
Blair, Lorne. Producer. Director. Photographer
Blair, Lawrence. Producer. Author
Daring, Mason. Composer
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-966
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