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Afflictions: Culture and Mental Illness in Indonesia, Ritual Burdens
directed by Robert Lemelson, fl. 1999-2016; produced by Robert Lemelson, fl. 1999-2016, Elemental Productions, in Afflictions: Culture and Mental Illness in Indonesia (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2011), 25 mins
Ritual Burdens is part of the Afflictions: Culture & Mental Illness in Indonesia series of ethnographic films on severe mental illness in Indonesia, based on material drawn from 12 years of person-centered research by director and anthropologist Robert Lemelson.
The film focuses on Ni Ketut Kasih who has lived he...
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directed by Robert Lemelson, fl. 1999-2016; produced by Robert Lemelson, fl. 1999-2016, Elemental Productions, in Afflictions: Culture and Mental Illness in Indonesia (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2011), 25 mins
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Ritual Burdens is part of the Afflictions: Culture & Mental Illness in Indonesia series of ethnographic films on severe mental illness in Indonesia, based on material drawn from 12 years of person-centered research by director and anthropologist Robert Lemelson.
The film focuses on Ni Ketut Kasih who has lived her whole life surrounded by the complex rhythms of the Balinese ritual calendar. Here, participation in ritual events is both a spiritua...
Ritual Burdens is part of the Afflictions: Culture & Mental Illness in Indonesia series of ethnographic films on severe mental illness in Indonesia, based on material drawn from 12 years of person-centered research by director and anthropologist Robert Lemelson.
The film focuses on Ni Ketut Kasih who has lived her whole life surrounded by the complex rhythms of the Balinese ritual calendar. Here, participation in ritual events is both a spiritual mandate and social obligation for women who spend countless hours crafting offerings. Ni Ketut's masterful hand has contributed to her status as a highly respected ceremonial leader. However, the pressures of ritual requirements often overwhelm her, crowding her mind with memories of her difficult childhood during Indonesia's war for independence. This may trigger Ketut's bi-polar disorder episodes, for which she has been hospitalized over 35 times. Ni Ketut's case reveals the binding associations that may make certain burdens unbearable as cultural obligations, traumatic historical events, and personal experience overlap in unique schemas of stress that trigger cyclical episodes of mental illness.
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Date Written / Recorded
1997
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Robert Lemelson, fl. 1999-2016, Ketut Kasih, Elemental Productions
Author / Creator
Robert Lemelson, fl. 1999-2016
Date Published / Released
2011
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Series
Afflictions: Culture and Mental Illness in Indonesia
Topic / Theme
Balinese, Bipolar disorder, Religious rites and ceremonies, Cultural norms, Mental illnesses, Ethnography
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Copyright © 2011 by Documentary Educational Resources
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African Carving: A Dogon Kanaga Mask
written by Robert G. Gardner, 1925-2014, Eliot Elisofon, 1911-1973 and Thomas D. Blakely; directed by Thomas D. Blakely and Eliot Elisofon, 1911-1973 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1974), 18 mins
The Kanaga mask is used in deeply sacred rituals by the Dogon people of Mali. Carving this mask is as important a ritual as the ceremonies in which the mask is used.
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written by Robert G. Gardner, 1925-2014, Eliot Elisofon, 1911-1973 and Thomas D. Blakely; directed by Thomas D. Blakely and Eliot Elisofon, 1911-1973 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1974), 18 mins
Description
The Kanaga mask is used in deeply sacred rituals by the Dogon people of Mali. Carving this mask is as important a ritual as the ceremonies in which the mask is used. The Kanaga mask is used in deeply sacred rituals by the Dogon people of Mali. Carving this mask is as important a ritual as the ceremonies in which the mask is used. The carver, a blacksmith, finds the proper tree and, in a secret cave outside the village, he shapes the mask with ges...
The Kanaga mask is used in deeply sacred rituals by the Dogon people of Mali. Carving this mask is as important a ritual as the ceremonies in which the mask is used. The Kanaga mask is used in deeply sacred rituals by the Dogon people of Mali. Carving this mask is as important a ritual as the ceremonies in which the mask is used. The carver, a blacksmith, finds the proper tree and, in a secret cave outside the village, he shapes the mask with gestures which repeat the movement of the dancers who will wear it. When a dancer wears the Kanaga mask he becomes the Creator symbolically. He touches the ground with his mask and directs a soul to Heaven. Although these dances are now frequently performed for the public, the meaning of Kanaga is retained by the Dogon who fear, respect and depend on the power of the mask.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Robert G. Gardner, 1925-2014, Eliot Elisofon, 1911-1973, Thomas D. Blakely
Author / Creator
Robert G. Gardner, 1925-2014, Eliot Elisofon, 1911-1973, Thomas D. Blakely
Date Published / Released
1974
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Topic / Theme
Dogon, Costumes, Crafts, Tribal and national groups, Religious faiths, Dance and dancing, Religious rites and ceremonies, Cultural identity, Ethnography
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The Ainu Bear Ceremony
directed by Neil Gordon Munro, 1863-1942; produced by Royal Anthropological Institute (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute, 2001), 29 mins
The RAI has reedited the original film of this ceremony among the Ainu people of Japan. In the bear ceremony, now no longer performed, a specially reared bear was reverently killed and its flesh and blood eaten by the participants. The film shows a series of ritual acts with some commentary on their meaning.
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directed by Neil Gordon Munro, 1863-1942; produced by Royal Anthropological Institute (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute, 2001), 29 mins
Description
The RAI has reedited the original film of this ceremony among the Ainu people of Japan. In the bear ceremony, now no longer performed, a specially reared bear was reverently killed and its flesh and blood eaten by the participants. The film shows a series of ritual acts with some commentary on their meaning.
Date Written / Recorded
1931
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Neil Gordon Munro, 1863-1942, Royal Anthropological Institute
Author / Creator
Neil Gordon Munro, 1863-1942
Date Published / Released
2001
Publisher
Royal Anthropological Institute
Topic / Theme
Ainu, Ethnozoology, Tribal and national groups, Cultural change and history, Religious beliefs, Social customs, Religious rites and ceremonies, Ethnography
Copyright Message
Copyright 2001. Used by permission of Royal Anthropological Institute. All rights reserved.
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Allah In Europe, Hamburg
directed by Jan Leyers, fl. 2018 and Johannes Bucher, fl. 2018; presented by Jan Leyers, fl. 2018; produced by Tom de Baerdemaeker, fl. 2018, in Allah In Europe (Zurich, Zurich Canton: First Hand Films, 2018), 43 mins
What is the future of Islam in Europe? How hopeful can we be of an European, enlightened version of Islam? Will it be possible to overcome the Europeans' distrust of Islam? Jan Leyers goes in search of answers. He heads off to Sarajevo, Budapest, Vienna, Hamburg, Paris, London, Copenhagen and Malmö. He listens to...
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directed by Jan Leyers, fl. 2018 and Johannes Bucher, fl. 2018; presented by Jan Leyers, fl. 2018; produced by Tom de Baerdemaeker, fl. 2018, in Allah In Europe (Zurich, Zurich Canton: First Hand Films, 2018), 43 mins
Description
What is the future of Islam in Europe? How hopeful can we be of an European, enlightened version of Islam? Will it be possible to overcome the Europeans' distrust of Islam? Jan Leyers goes in search of answers. He heads off to Sarajevo, Budapest, Vienna, Hamburg, Paris, London, Copenhagen and Malmö. He listens to the voice of experts and the word on the street and talks with religious men and women, with ex - believers and new converts. What do...
What is the future of Islam in Europe? How hopeful can we be of an European, enlightened version of Islam? Will it be possible to overcome the Europeans' distrust of Islam? Jan Leyers goes in search of answers. He heads off to Sarajevo, Budapest, Vienna, Hamburg, Paris, London, Copenhagen and Malmö. He listens to the voice of experts and the word on the street and talks with religious men and women, with ex - believers and new converts. What do they hope for and what are their concerns? In this series, Jan stays true to his style: nuanced and respectful, without shying away from controversy.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Tom de Baerdemaeker, fl. 2018
Author / Creator
Jan Leyers, fl. 2018, Johannes Bucher, fl. 2018
Date Published / Released
2018
Publisher
First Hand Films
Series
Allah In Europe
Topic / Theme
Religious conversions, Cultural assimilation, Religion, Islam, Europeans
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2018 Film Platform
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Altar of Fire
written by Robert G. Gardner, 1925-2014 and J. F. Staal, fl. 2010; directed by Robert G. Gardner, 1925-2014 and J. F. Staal, fl. 2010; produced by Robert G. Gardner, 1925-2014 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER)), 45 mins
This film records a 12 day ritual performed by Mambudiri Brahmins in Kerala, southwest India, in April 1975. This event was possibly the last performance of the Agnicayana, a Vedic ritual of sacrifice dating back 3,000 years and probably the oldest surviving human ritual.
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written by Robert G. Gardner, 1925-2014 and J. F. Staal, fl. 2010; directed by Robert G. Gardner, 1925-2014 and J. F. Staal, fl. 2010; produced by Robert G. Gardner, 1925-2014 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER)), 45 mins
Description
This film records a 12 day ritual performed by Mambudiri Brahmins in Kerala, southwest India, in April 1975. This event was possibly the last performance of the Agnicayana, a Vedic ritual of sacrifice dating back 3,000 years and probably the oldest surviving human ritual. This film records a 12 day ritual performed by Mambudiri Brahmins in Kerala, southwest India, in April 1975. This event was possibly the last performance of the Agnicayana, a Ve...
This film records a 12 day ritual performed by Mambudiri Brahmins in Kerala, southwest India, in April 1975. This event was possibly the last performance of the Agnicayana, a Vedic ritual of sacrifice dating back 3,000 years and probably the oldest surviving human ritual. This film records a 12 day ritual performed by Mambudiri Brahmins in Kerala, southwest India, in April 1975. This event was possibly the last performance of the Agnicayana, a Vedic ritual of sacrifice dating back 3,000 years and probably the oldest surviving human ritual. Long considered extinct and never witnessed by outsiders, the ceremonies require the participation of seventeen priests, involve libations of Soma juice and oblations of other substances, all preceded by several months of preparation and rehearsals. They include the construction, from a thousand bricks, of a fire altar in the shape of a bird. Around 1500 B.C., nomads who spoke an Indo-European language entered India and evolved a complex ritual involving the cults of fire and Soma, a hallucinogenic plant that grew in the Western Himalayas. Their Vedic language developed into Sanskrit, the classical language of Indian civilization. Among the later religions of India, Hinduism accepted and Buddhism rejected the Vedic culture. But both retained many of its ritual forms and recitations. Some of these have traveled all over Asia. Agni, the fire, is still worshipped with the help of Vedic mantras in Japanese Buddhist temples. In India itself, the preservation of the Agnicayana, though partly explained by the extraordinary conservatism of the Vedic Brahmins and their dedication to the culture of their spiritual ancestors, remains one of the miracles of history.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Robert G. Gardner, 1925-2014
Author / Creator
Robert G. Gardner, 1925-2014, J. F. Staal, fl. 2010
Date Published / Released
1976
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Topic / Theme
Nambudiri, Cultural change and history, Linguistics, Anthropology, Vedas, Religion, Religious rites and ceremonies, Ethnography
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April Blackman's funeral
produced by Banyan Productions (Trinidad and Tobago: Banyan Archive), 1 hour 15 mins
Prayers over the grave, shots of attendees.
Coffin wheeled out and put in hearse.
Ras Shorty I (Garfield Blackman) speaks and his family gathers around him.
April in her coffin as people file past.
Ras Shorty I (Garfield Blackman) sings at the graveside accompanied by family as grave is filled in.
Ras Shorty...
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produced by Banyan Productions (Trinidad and Tobago: Banyan Archive), 1 hour 15 mins
Description
Prayers over the grave, shots of attendees.
Coffin wheeled out and put in hearse.
Ras Shorty I (Garfield Blackman) speaks and his family gathers around him.
April in her coffin as people file past.
Ras Shorty I (Garfield Blackman) sings at the graveside accompanied by family as grave is filled in.
Ras Shorty I (Garfield Blackman) plays guitar and sings with family.
Mourners arrive at Williamsville Seventh Day Adventist church, singer sings...
Prayers over the grave, shots of attendees.
Coffin wheeled out and put in hearse.
Ras Shorty I (Garfield Blackman) speaks and his family gathers around him.
April in her coffin as people file past.
Ras Shorty I (Garfield Blackman) sings at the graveside accompanied by family as grave is filled in.
Ras Shorty I (Garfield Blackman) plays guitar and sings with family.
Mourners arrive at Williamsville Seventh Day Adventist church, singer sings and preacher preaches.
Hearse and procession on the road.
A recording of April singing one of her songs is played.
Coffin taken out of hearse and carried to graveside. Lowered into grave as gathering sings ABIDE WITH ME.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Banyan Productions
Publisher
Banyan Archive
Topic / Theme
Religious rites and ceremonies
Copyright Message
Copyright © . Used with permission of the Banyan Archive.
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Apu Condor (The Condor God)
written by Gianfranco Norelli, fl. 1980-2005; directed by Gianfranco Norelli, fl. 1980-2005; produced by Gianfranco Norelli, fl. 1980-2005 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1992), 30 mins
A unique and highly visual documentary that provides a detailed observation of the sacred Peruvian 'Yawar Fiesta of the Apu Condor'.
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written by Gianfranco Norelli, fl. 1980-2005; directed by Gianfranco Norelli, fl. 1980-2005; produced by Gianfranco Norelli, fl. 1980-2005 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1992), 30 mins
Description
A unique and highly visual documentary that provides a detailed observation of the sacred Peruvian 'Yawar Fiesta of the Apu Condor'. A unique and highly visual documentary that provides a detailed observation of the sacred Peruvian "Yawar Fiesta of the Apu Condor". The Fiesta takes place high in the Peruvian Andes in the tiny village of Cotabambas, an impoverished farming community where all the contradictions that characterize Peru's splintered...
A unique and highly visual documentary that provides a detailed observation of the sacred Peruvian 'Yawar Fiesta of the Apu Condor'. A unique and highly visual documentary that provides a detailed observation of the sacred Peruvian "Yawar Fiesta of the Apu Condor". The Fiesta takes place high in the Peruvian Andes in the tiny village of Cotabambas, an impoverished farming community where all the contradictions that characterize Peru's splintered culture and economy are thrown into relief. Five hundred years after the arrival of Columbus and the Spanish Conquistadores, the indigenous Andinos, descendents of the Incas still live under the feudal control of their Mestizo Landowners, the mixed blood descendents of the Spanish. The themes of social stratification, ritual reversal and political relationships are an integral aspect of this film which culminates in a dramatic adaptation of the classic Spanish bullfight.
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Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Gianfranco Norelli, fl. 1980-2005, Noemi Delgado, Juri Ortiz, Father Giacomo Bonaita, Julio Delgado, Rafo Montesinos, Dimas Gamarra
Author / Creator
Gianfranco Norelli, fl. 1980-2005
Date Published / Released
1992
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Speaker / Narrator
Gianfranco Norelli, fl. 1980-2005
Topic / Theme
Peruvian, Politics, Religious festivals, Social strata, Religious rites and ceremonies, Ethnography, Peruvians
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Ati-atihan Lives
directed by Patrick Alcedo (Alexandria, VA: York University, 2012), 55 mins
This documentary, by ethnographer Patrick Alcedo, is about the Ati-atihan festival.
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directed by Patrick Alcedo (Alexandria, VA: York University, 2012), 55 mins
Description
This documentary, by ethnographer Patrick Alcedo, is about the Ati-atihan festival.
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Patrick Alcedo
Author / Creator
Patrick Alcedo
Date Published / Released
2012
Publisher
York University
Topic / Theme
Filipino, Jesus Christ, Saints, Religious beliefs, Religious conversions, Cultural identity, Local customs, Folklore, Myths and legends, Fairs and festivals, Ethnography, Filipinos
Copyright Message
Copyright 2012. Used by permission of Patrick Alcedo. All rights reserved.
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Australia Wild, Series 1, Episode 14, Spirits of the Forest
produced by David Parer, ABC Natural History Unit, in Australia Wild, Series 1, Episode 14 (Sydney, New South Wales: ABC Commercial, 1992), 27 mins
Birds of Paradise hold a magnetic attraction for the highland people of Papua New Guinea who greatly prize their delicate and spectacular plumes as symbols of wealth. Also used as decoration in tribal rituals, the village men search the forests in the hunt for the feathered gold. This program explores the elaborat...
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produced by David Parer, ABC Natural History Unit, in Australia Wild, Series 1, Episode 14 (Sydney, New South Wales: ABC Commercial, 1992), 27 mins
Description
Birds of Paradise hold a magnetic attraction for the highland people of Papua New Guinea who greatly prize their delicate and spectacular plumes as symbols of wealth. Also used as decoration in tribal rituals, the village men search the forests in the hunt for the feathered gold. This program explores the elaborate courtship rituals and remarkable sexual displays of these exotic birds and the relationship between the highlanders and their feather...
Birds of Paradise hold a magnetic attraction for the highland people of Papua New Guinea who greatly prize their delicate and spectacular plumes as symbols of wealth. Also used as decoration in tribal rituals, the village men search the forests in the hunt for the feathered gold. This program explores the elaborate courtship rituals and remarkable sexual displays of these exotic birds and the relationship between the highlanders and their feathered friends.
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Field of Study
Science
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
David Parer, ABC Natural History Unit, Sandy Gore
Date Published / Released
1992
Publisher
ABC Commercial
Series
Australia Wild
Speaker / Narrator
Sandy Gore
Topic / Theme
Papua New Guinean, Religious rites and ceremonies, Symbolism, Tribal and national groups, Birds, Science, Papua New Guineans
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1992. Used by permission of ABC Commercial.
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An Australian Indigenous Funeral, Leonora, Western Australia, 21 June 1997
directed by Barrie Machin, fl. 1972; produced by Barrie Machin, fl. 1972 (Australia: Privately Published, 2014), 16 mins
Contrary to ideological thought, many indigenous Australians are devout Christians.
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directed by Barrie Machin, fl. 1972; produced by Barrie Machin, fl. 1972 (Australia: Privately Published, 2014), 16 mins
Description
Contrary to ideological thought, many indigenous Australians are devout Christians.
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Barrie Machin, fl. 1972
Author / Creator
Barrie Machin, fl. 1972
Date Published / Released
2014
Publisher
Privately Published
Topic / Theme
Religious rites and ceremonies, Burial customs, Australian Aborigines
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2014 Barrie Machin
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