The Three Worlds of Bali (Odyssey unknown episode) (1981)(no video link)
Title
The Three Worlds of Bali (Odyssey unknown episode) (1981)(no video link)
Subject
Bali Island (Indonesia)
Gamelan
Wayang plays
Indonesia--Civilization--Indic influences
Description
Content description from WorldCat.org
(https://www.worldcat.org/title/odyssey-the-three-worlds-of-bali/oclc/879609181):
On the Indonesian island of Bali, the arts permeate almost every aspect of daily life - attempts to please the gods and placate demons. Much of human effort is directed toward these attempts, and the pinnacle of such efforts is the ritual Eka Dasa Rudra, held once every hundred years and involving the entire population of the island. There is also a political dimension to Eka Dasa Rudra. In 1963, upon the urging of then-President Sukarno, Balinese priests prepared to hold the ritual before the proper year. Preparations were met with the first eruption in recorded history of Bali's great volcano, Gunung Agung. This terrible disaster was seen as a confirmation of the gods' and demons' powers and the necessity of honoring the traditional calendar. In the spring of 1979, when Eka Dasa Rudra was finally held, President Suharto arrived, but not by his helicopter, which, it was feared, might have impeded the demons' descent.
Ephemera: available through CCDR Collections at Arizona State University. One page from Under Cover magazine with program circled; One article (multiple pages) titled Bali Celebrates a Festival of Faith, from March 1980 National Geographic; One informational flyer from Gamelan Sekar Jaya.
Limitations: This page displays video content associated with a videotape in the CCDR Collections audiovisual library recorded by Joann W. Kealiinohomoku. Please be advised that, because this videotape has not yet been digitized for direct access, we cannot guarantee that the video content on this page is an exact match with the content originally recorded by Dr. Kealiinohomoku. We also cannot guarantee function or access for re-hosted video content.
(https://www.worldcat.org/title/odyssey-the-three-worlds-of-bali/oclc/879609181):
On the Indonesian island of Bali, the arts permeate almost every aspect of daily life - attempts to please the gods and placate demons. Much of human effort is directed toward these attempts, and the pinnacle of such efforts is the ritual Eka Dasa Rudra, held once every hundred years and involving the entire population of the island. There is also a political dimension to Eka Dasa Rudra. In 1963, upon the urging of then-President Sukarno, Balinese priests prepared to hold the ritual before the proper year. Preparations were met with the first eruption in recorded history of Bali's great volcano, Gunung Agung. This terrible disaster was seen as a confirmation of the gods' and demons' powers and the necessity of honoring the traditional calendar. In the spring of 1979, when Eka Dasa Rudra was finally held, President Suharto arrived, but not by his helicopter, which, it was feared, might have impeded the demons' descent.
Ephemera: available through CCDR Collections at Arizona State University. One page from Under Cover magazine with program circled; One article (multiple pages) titled Bali Celebrates a Festival of Faith, from March 1980 National Geographic; One informational flyer from Gamelan Sekar Jaya.
Limitations: This page displays video content associated with a videotape in the CCDR Collections audiovisual library recorded by Joann W. Kealiinohomoku. Please be advised that, because this videotape has not yet been digitized for direct access, we cannot guarantee that the video content on this page is an exact match with the content originally recorded by Dr. Kealiinohomoku. We also cannot guarantee function or access for re-hosted video content.
Original Format
TV broadcast recorded off air by JWK: Betamax tape
Creator
Ira R. Abrams (director)
Lawrence Blair and Barbara Myerhoff (writers)
John Stephen Lansing (host)
Peter Smokler (cinematography)
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Associates
Date
1981
1983 February 19 (aired)
Citation
“The Three Worlds of Bali (Odyssey unknown episode) (1981)(no video link),” Cross-Cultural Dance Resources Collections, accessed April 26, 2024, https://ccdrcollections.omeka.net/items/show/142.