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Fatmawati’s Wedding: the Weddings of two Sisters, the Preparations

Name: Fatmawati’s Wedding: the Weddings of two Sisters, the Preparations
Released: 1998

Directed by Fiona Kerlogue

1998 – 50'

Synopsis

This film records the preparations for the wedding of two sisters in eastern Sumatra in December 1996. There is an emphasis on the importance of the role of women in the village. Ritual exchanges of textiles and cakes, and a series of purification rituals are shown.