Isle of Temples, The: Bali
- Synopsis
- Shows the day-to-day life of the islanders of Bali, a Hindu island - their folksongs, gamelan orchestras and dance dramas. The temple is the focal point of each village where the villagers gather for religious ceremonies as well as for music and dance. Includes two fairly long extracts from the religious dance dramas named ‘Barong’ and ‘Ketchak’.
- Series
- Music and Society: Asian Insights, Series
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min.
- Year of production
- 1994
- Availability
- Sale; 1995 sale: £29.95 (+VAT +p&p)
- Documentation
- Accompanying booklet.
- Subjects
- Anthropology; Dance; Drama; Music
- Keywords
- Bali; ethnomusicology; religious belief and practice
Credits
- Director
- Deben Bhattacharya
- Producer
- Deben Bhattacharya
Distributor
- Name
World Microfilms
- Contact
- Stephen Albert
- microworld@ndirect.co.uk
- Web
- http://www.microworld.uk.com/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7586 4499
- Fax
- 020 7722 1068
- Address
- PO Box 35488
St John’s Wood
London
NW8 6WD - Notes
- World Microfilms distributes the Audio Forum collection of CDs for language learning and the Sussex Tapes library of video and audio material for sixth form and undergraduate teaching. The Sussex Tapes collection concentrates on the areas of English, history and music. Architecture programmes from the Masters of Architecture and Pidgeon Digital (qv) series of slides are sold on DVD as well as being accessible online via subscription.
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