Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (26 min.).
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002629
Edition:
Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2014. (Ethnographic video online, volume 2). Available via World Wide Web.
Series Statement:
Ethnographic video online, volume 2
Keywords:
Sumbanese (Indonesian people)
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Horses.
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Horses
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Manners and customs.
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Sumba Island (Indonesia)
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Sumba Island (Indonesia) Social life and customs.
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France
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Documentary films.
Abstract:
The Pasola, a traditional jousting battle with hundreds of horses and riders, is the Sumbanese New Year celebration, and also a ritual that anticipates the rice harvest. It is staged to welcome the annual swarming of sea worms on the western beaches, since the worms are seen as representing the spirit of the rice crop. The spirit of the fertility of the seas and the land comes from the body of a sacrificed girl, and her return each year is celebrated with a dramatic display of masculine virility, courage, and horsemanship.
Note:
Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 6, 2014).
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Recorded in 1991 in Sumba, Indonesia.
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Previously released as DVD.
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This edition in English and Indonesian with English subtitles.
URL:
http://www.aspresolver.com/aspresolver.asp?ANTH;2068105
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