Trance and dance in Bali /

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Imprint:[Washington, DC] : Library of Congress, [2024]
United States : New York University Film Library, 1951.
Description:1 online resource (1 streaming video file (approximately 22 minutes)) : sound, black and white
Language:English
Series:Character formation in different cultures
Character formation in different cultures.
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Format: E-Resource Video
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13571188
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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.
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).
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.
Awards:This film was selected for the National Film Registry.