Releasing the spirits : a village cremation in Bali / produced by [the] Department of Anthropology, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University and Documentary Educational Resources
About a group of villagers in Central Bali in who cooperated to carry out a group cremation in 1978. Shows the way they approached this task, including preparations as well as the cycle of rituals : the cremation, post-cremation, & casting of the ashes into the ocean. Most of the narration is by the four participants, recorded as they were watching videotapes of the ceremonies 2 years later
Event
Videocassette release of the 1979 film
Notes
Dialogue in Balinese; narration and subtitles in English, subtitles translated from Balinese