Title Ritual burdens / directed by Robert Lemelson ; produced by Robert Lemelson and Elemental Productions

Published Watertown, MA : Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2011

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Description 1 online resource (25 min.) Series Afflictions : culture and mental illness in Indonesia Summary Ritual Burdens is part of the Afflictions : Culture and 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 Notes Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 6, 2014) Event Recorded in 1997 in Bali, Indonesia Notes This edition in English and Balinese with English subtitles Subject Bipolar disorder Mentally ill. Mentally ill -- Indonesia -- Case studies Mental illness. Mental illness -- Indonesia Mentally ill women. Bipolar Disorder Mental Disorders Mentally Ill Persons mentally ill. mental disorders. Bipolar disorder Mental illness Mentally ill SUBJECT Indonesia Subject Indonesia Genre/Form documentary film. Case studies Documentary films Nonfiction films Documentary films. Nonfiction films. Documentaires. Films autres que de fiction. Form Streaming video Author Kasih, Ketut, contributor. Lemelson, Robert, 1961- film director, film producer. Elemental Productions, production company. Documentary Educational Resources (Firm), publisher.

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