Maʼbugiʼ : trance of the Toraja / Eric Crystal and Lee Rhoads.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Crystal, Eric, producer, director.

Rhoads, Lee, producer, director.

California University (System). Extension Media Center, producer, distributor.

Language:

Austronesian (Other)

English

Subjects (All):

Toraja (Indonesian people)--Rites and ceremonies.

Toraja (Indonesian people).

Genre:

Documentary films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videocassette (21 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.

1/2 in.

polychrome

Other Title:

Trance of the Toraja

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California, Extension Media Center, [1974?]

Language Note:

Narration and song in indigenous language; narration followed by English narration; songs subtitled in English.

System Details:

VHS.

analog

magnetic

VHS

Summary:

"The Maʼbugiʼ ritual of the Toraja seeks to restore the health and prosperity of the community. Unseen spirits are sommoned with song, dance and offerings to the village center. Trance occurs and the possessed dance, massage the ill, and perform unusual feats. Knife wounds are rendered harmless by a red tabang leaf. The ceremony is narrated by the Tominaa, pirest of the ancestral Toraja religion." -- opening frames.

Participant:

Narration by Toraja priest, Tominaa Ba'du; English narration by Bus Kusmuljono.

Credits:

Cinematography, Eric Crystal; editing, Lee Rhoads; English translation by Eric Crystal.

Notes:

"37419" and "#019vhs" -- cassette label and container.

Videocassette release of a documentary motion picture.

OCLC:

27886644