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    Seven young gods of fortune : Fertility rite of Dosojin. (2007)
    Watertown, MA : Documentary Educational Resources | Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press
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    Language: Japanese
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (68 min.)
    DDC: 306.0952
    Keywords: Buddhists ; D¯osojin ; Japan Social life and customs
    Abstract: In Shimofukuzawa, Japan, the local men's youth association organizes the annual D¯osojin deity festival. The festivities are characterized by paper decorations and pantomime, with sexualized symbols promoting marriage and fertility. Young men of the village play the roles of the seven lucky gods, traditional protectors embodying such blessings as health, prosperity, long life, wealth, respect for Buddhist law, and generosity. Those who have left the village to work in urban areas return every January to take part in the ritual, held for the benefit of newlyweds and for the purification of 42-year-old men, who are thought to be in especial danger from evil spirits
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    Balinese requiem (2007)
    Watertown, MA : Documentary Educational Resources | Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (63 min.)
    DDC: 393.2095986
    Keywords: Balinese (Indonesian people) Funeral customs and rites ; Cremation ; Funeral rites and ceremonies
    Abstract: In a Balinese village, families go to great trouble and expense for their extravagant cremation ceremony. They provide special food for mourners and offerings for the deceased. A shadow pupped show is performed, inheritances and distributed and musical processions of mourners walk the streets. The bones of the dead are uncovered, washed and arranged for cremation with accompanying prayer rites. During cremation, the village is filled with smoke from pyres shaped like bulls, as the souls of the dead are cleansed of impurity, then sent out to sea to continue their journey to heaven. The film documents and explains the intricacies of these funeral rites and Balinese-Hindu beliefs about death
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