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| Other authors / contributors: | Bateson, Gregory, 1904-1980, production, camera.
Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978, production, writing, narration.
Belo, Jane, 1904-1968, camera.
Library of Congress.
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| Notes: | Supported through the 33rd Degree Scottish Rite, North Masonic Jursidiction, Cambridge University, The American Museum of Natural History, Department of Child Study [at] Vassar College.
Photography by Gregory Bateson and Jane Belo ; edited by Josef Bohmer ; music arranged by Colin McPhee.
Narrator: Margaret Mead.
Description based on online resource; title from opening credits (Library of Congress Web site, viewed on October 30, 2024).
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| Summary: | A performance of the kris dance, a Balinese ceremonial dance which dramatizes the never-ending struggle between the witch and the dragon--the death-dealing and the life-protecting--as it is given in the village of Pagoetan in 1937-1939. Dancers go into violent trance seizures and turn their krisses (daggers) against their breasts without injury. Consciousness is restored with incense and holy water. Balinese music forms a background for Dr. Margaret Mead's narration.
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| Awards: | This film was selected for the National Film Registry.
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