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Ring of fire: East of Krakatoa (Videotape)

Title
Ring of fire: East of Krakatoa (Videotape)
Publication
c1987.

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Additional Authors
  • Blair, Lawrence
  • Blair, Lorne
  • Daring, Mason
Description
1 cassette. 57 min. : sd. color with b&w sequences NTSC.; 1/2 in. (VHS)
Subject
  • Ma'badong (Dance)
  • Sanghyang (Dance)
  • Djaran (Dance)
  • Television. Ring of fire
  • Dance > Indonesia
  • Ritual and ceremonial dancing > Java
  • Ritual and ceremonial dancing > Indonesia > Bali (Province)
  • Dance > Celebes
  • Mask dances
  • Trance dances
  • Hobby-horse dances
  • Funeral dances
  • Toraja (Indonesian people)
  • Shadow shows
Note
  • Volume 3 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. - Java: Boat ceremony, hobbyhorse dance and shadow play in honor of Ratu Kidul, the goddess of the southern ocean; masked dancer and procession of magical heirlooms at the court of the Susuhunan Paku Buwana XI of Surakarta. - Bali: Rehearsal for a temple dance by two young girls; shadow play; Sanghyang djaran (possession trance dance). - Sulawesi (Celebes): Gift-giving festival and procession in honor of ancestors; funeral ceremonies for the last king of the Toraja people, including the ma'badong dance.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-965
OCLC
NYPY906011387-F
Title
Ring of fire: East of Krakatoa (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.
Ritual and ceremonial dancing -- Java.
Ritual and ceremonial dancing -- Indonesia -- Bali (Province)
Dance -- Celebes.
Mask dances.
Trance dances.
Hobby-horse dances.
Funeral dances.
Toraja (Indonesian people)
Shadow shows.
Added Author
Blair, Lawrence. Producer. Author
Blair, Lorne. Producer. Director. Photographer
Daring, Mason. Composer
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-965
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