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Ngaben: Emotion and Restraint in a Balinese Heart
directed by Robert Lemelson, fl. 1999-2016; produced by Alessandra Pasquino, 1961- and Robert Lemelson, fl. 1999-2016, Elemental Productions (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2012), 16 mins
The Balinese cremation ceremony, or ngaben, has primarily been known in the West as either a major tourist attraction that dazzles visitors with the splendor, intricacy, and drama of its performance, or as fodder for long-standing anthropological arguments about personhood and emotion on the island that debated w...
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directed by Robert Lemelson, fl. 1999-2016; produced by Alessandra Pasquino, 1961- and Robert Lemelson, fl. 1999-2016, Elemental Productions (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2012), 16 mins
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The Balinese cremation ceremony, or ngaben, has primarily been known in the West as either a major tourist attraction that dazzles visitors with the splendor, intricacy, and drama of its performance, or as fodder for long-standing anthropological arguments about personhood and emotion on the island that debated whether or not Balinese people expressed, or even experienced, grief. According to Balinese Hindu beliefs, cremation is one of the most...
The Balinese cremation ceremony, or ngaben, has primarily been known in the West as either a major tourist attraction that dazzles visitors with the splendor, intricacy, and drama of its performance, or as fodder for long-standing anthropological arguments about personhood and emotion on the island that debated whether or not Balinese people expressed, or even experienced, grief. According to Balinese Hindu beliefs, cremation is one of the most important steps in a person's spiritual life, and a heavy responsibility to the family, because it is through cremation that the physical body is returned to its five constituent elements and the soul is cleansed and released from the body to ascend to heaven and be reincarnated. Ngaben: Emotion and Restraint in a Balinese Heart takes an impressionistic look at the ngaben from the perspective of a mourning son, Nyoman Asub, and reveals the intimacy, sadness, and tenderness at the core of this funerary ritual and the feeling and force that underlie an exquisite cultural tradition. Amidst ample cultural and interpretive understandings of the cremation ceremony, the film purposefully provides a personalistic, impressionistic, and poetic glimpse of the process and the complex emotions involved.
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Field of Study
Religion & Thought
Content Type
Documentary
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Alessandra Pasquino, 1961-, Robert Lemelson, fl. 1999-2016, Elemental Productions
Author / Creator
Robert Lemelson, fl. 1999-2016
Date Published / Released
2012
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Topic / Theme
Hindu
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2012 Elemental Productions
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The Poojari's Daughter
directed by Gillian Goslinga-Roy, fl. 1996; produced by Gillian Goslinga-Roy, fl. 1996 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2010), 1 hour 6 mins
The Poojari's Daughter opens with flashbacks of the South Indian priestess Rajathiammal 'cutting the goat' and ritually having her head tonsured. The year is 2001; the place Madurai, Tamil Nadu. Both these moments fulfill the priestess' deepest desires: to have herself filmed performing the annual goat sacrifice...
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directed by Gillian Goslinga-Roy, fl. 1996; produced by Gillian Goslinga-Roy, fl. 1996 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2010), 1 hour 6 mins
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The Poojari's Daughter opens with flashbacks of the South Indian priestess Rajathiammal 'cutting the goat' and ritually having her head tonsured. The year is 2001; the place Madurai, Tamil Nadu. Both these moments fulfill the priestess' deepest desires: to have herself filmed performing the annual goat sacrifice to the Saivite God Paandi that her famous priest father once carried out, and to renounce her family life altogether. Using experimenta...
The Poojari's Daughter opens with flashbacks of the South Indian priestess Rajathiammal 'cutting the goat' and ritually having her head tonsured. The year is 2001; the place Madurai, Tamil Nadu. Both these moments fulfill the priestess' deepest desires: to have herself filmed performing the annual goat sacrifice to the Saivite God Paandi that her famous priest father once carried out, and to renounce her family life altogether. Using experimental film techniques that recall the work of Trinh Minh Ha, The Poojari's Daughter weaves dramatic footage of these rituals and temple life at Paandi Kooyil with Rajathiammal's moving narration of her process, interviews with close family, and brief narrations by the filmmaker. Together, these create a vivid and unforgettably intimate portrait of the devotional worlds of this remarkable woman and South Indian Hinduism.
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Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
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Gillian Goslinga-Roy, fl. 1996
Author / Creator
Gillian Goslinga-Roy, fl. 1996
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Topic / Theme
Religious beliefs, Women, Priests, Hindu, Hindi, Tamil
Copyright Message
Copyright © Gillian Goslinga 2010
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Shugendô Now: The Forest of Mountain Learning
directed by Jean-Marc Abela, fl. 2008-2014; produced by Mark Patrick Mcguire, fl. 2010, United States-Japan Foundation and Enpower Pictures (Middlesex County, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2010), 50 mins
How does one integrate lessons learned from nature in daily life? This feature documentary is an experiential journey into the mystical practices of Japanese mountain asceticism. In Shugendô (The Way of Acquiring Power), practitioners perform ritual actions from shamanism, “Shintô,” Daoism, and Tantric Buddh...
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directed by Jean-Marc Abela, fl. 2008-2014; produced by Mark Patrick Mcguire, fl. 2010, United States-Japan Foundation and Enpower Pictures (Middlesex County, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2010), 50 mins
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How does one integrate lessons learned from nature in daily life? This feature documentary is an experiential journey into the mystical practices of Japanese mountain asceticism. In Shugendô (The Way of Acquiring Power), practitioners perform ritual actions from shamanism, “Shintô,” Daoism, and Tantric Buddhism. They seek experiential truth of the teachings during arduous climbs in sacred mountains. Through the peace and beauty of the natur...
How does one integrate lessons learned from nature in daily life? This feature documentary is an experiential journey into the mystical practices of Japanese mountain asceticism. In Shugendô (The Way of Acquiring Power), practitioners perform ritual actions from shamanism, “Shintô,” Daoism, and Tantric Buddhism. They seek experiential truth of the teachings during arduous climbs in sacred mountains. Through the peace and beauty of the natural world, practitioners purify the six roots of perception, revitalize their energy and reconnect with their truest nature — all while grasping the fundamental interconnectedness with nature and all sentient beings. How does one return to the city after an enlightening experience in the mountains? More poetic than analytical, this film explores how a group of modern Japanese people integrate the myriad ways mountain learning interacts with urban life. With intimate camera work and a sensual sound design the viewer is taken from deep within the Kumano mountains to the floating worlds of Osaka and Tokyo and back again. Might the two be seen as one?
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Mark Patrick Mcguire, fl. 2010, United States-Japan Foundation, Enpower Pictures
Author / Creator
Jean-Marc Abela, fl. 2008-2014
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Topic / Theme
Religious rites and ceremonies, Spirituality, Japanese
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2011 Enpower Pictures
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Shugendô Now: The Lotus Ascent
directed by Jean-Marc Abela, fl. 2008-2014; produced by Mark Patrick Mcguire, fl. 2010, United States-Japan Foundation and Enpower Pictures (Middlesex County, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2010), 43 mins
How does one integrate lessons learned from nature in daily life? This feature documentary is an experiential journey into the mystical practices of Japanese mountain asceticism. In Shugendô (The Way of Acquiring Power), practitioners perform ritual actions from shamanism, “Shintô,” Daoism, and Tantric Buddh...
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directed by Jean-Marc Abela, fl. 2008-2014; produced by Mark Patrick Mcguire, fl. 2010, United States-Japan Foundation and Enpower Pictures (Middlesex County, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2010), 43 mins
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How does one integrate lessons learned from nature in daily life? This feature documentary is an experiential journey into the mystical practices of Japanese mountain asceticism. In Shugendô (The Way of Acquiring Power), practitioners perform ritual actions from shamanism, “Shintô,” Daoism, and Tantric Buddhism. They seek experiential truth of the teachings during arduous climbs in sacred mountains. Through the peace and beauty of the natur...
How does one integrate lessons learned from nature in daily life? This feature documentary is an experiential journey into the mystical practices of Japanese mountain asceticism. In Shugendô (The Way of Acquiring Power), practitioners perform ritual actions from shamanism, “Shintô,” Daoism, and Tantric Buddhism. They seek experiential truth of the teachings during arduous climbs in sacred mountains. Through the peace and beauty of the natural world, practitioners purify the six roots of perception, revitalize their energy and reconnect with their truest nature — all while grasping the fundamental interconnectedness with nature and all sentient beings. How does one return to the city after an enlightening experience in the mountains? More poetic than analytical, this film explores how a group of modern Japanese people integrate the myriad ways mountain learning interacts with urban life. With intimate camera work and a sensual sound design the viewer is taken from deep within the Kumano mountains to the floating worlds of Osaka and Tokyo and back again. Might the two be seen as one?
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Mark Patrick Mcguire, fl. 2010, United States-Japan Foundation, Enpower Pictures
Author / Creator
Jean-Marc Abela, fl. 2008-2014
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Topic / Theme
Religious rites and ceremonies, Spirituality, Japanese
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2011 Enpower Pictures
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