Balinese Requiem - PREVIEW

Purchase: http://www.der.org/films/balinese-requiem.html In a Balinese village, families go to great trouble for their cremation ceremony. A shadow puppet show is performed for the entertainment of the deceased, inheritances are distributed, and musical processions of mourners walk the streets. Dead family members seem almost present as their bones are uncovered, washed, and arranged for cremation with accompanying prayer rites. During the cremation, the village is filled with smoke from enormous burning pyres shaped like bulls, as the souls of the dead are cleansed of impurity and then sent out to sea so that they may continue their journey to heaven. The film documents and explains the intricacies of these funeral rites and Balinese-Hindu beliefs about death.

a film by Yasuhiro Omori
produced in association with the National Museum of Ethnology, Japan
distributed by Documentary Educational Resources

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Bali
• village
• ritual
• spirit
• possession
• Balinese
• Hindu
• funeral
• rites
• documentary
• film

[thebirdofheavens]

yaaak....this is humiliating human body ,,,disgusting ,,,,kept her for 3 days and burning her in front of all and polluting the air ...shit practice

[gillian1370]

hadui..kesiannya....at least style ni takla menelan belanja macam adat istiadat pengebumian suku kaum lain kat Indonesia. for example Toraja funeral. berjuta(duit indonesia) blanja...

[reject5200]

thanx untuk film documenternya.. tp kayanya kependekan.. bisa kasi lengkapnya?

[Kubangpasu]

Seram juga melihat pembakaran si mati.Mengapa tidak digunakan keranda atau tutupkan dengan kayu?kasihan dia,nampak terbakar di khalayak ramai.