Films - RAI FILM

RAI FILM

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A Balinese Trance Séance 1980 46‘

Directed by Timothy Asch Linda Connor .

Jero Tapakan is ‘entered’ by deities and spirits who converse with her clients. Unbeknown to her, they wish to contact the spirit of their dead son to learn the cause of his death and his wishes

South-East Asia Death Possession Ritual

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Ngarap: fighting over a corpse 1973 17‘

Directed by Anthony Forge .

In 1993, Anthony Forge filmed the cremation of an older woman from an affluent ‘commoner’ family. As her body was moved from her family compound to the cremation tower, men of the ward seized the

South-East Asia Death Ritual Art / Artists / Artisans Archival material / Museum displays

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Releasing the Spirits: a village cremation in Bali 1991 44‘

Directed by Patsy Asch Linda Connor Timothy Asch .

In 1978, as part of the preparations for the island-wide ceremony eka dasa rudra, religious officials urged all Balinese to cleanse the island by cremating their dead. Many were forced to pool

South-East Asia Death Ritual