Four Films on a Healer in Central Bali

Synopsis
Jero Tapakan, a Balinese spirit medium, goes into trance to give clients advice from the spirit world. The viewer has an intimate view of Jero’s household shrine, of the trance process and of Jero as an individual. JERO ON JERO: A BALINESE TRANCE SEQUENCE OBSERVED follows on with Jero’s reactions to herself on film.
Language
English
Country
Australia
Year of production
1980
Documentation
Study guide ‘Jero Tapakan, Balinese Healer’ by the the three filmmakers is included
Uses
Undergraduates, postgraduates. *RAI
Subjects
Anthropology; Medical sciences
Keywords
Bali; Indonesia; seances; spiritualism; traditional medicine; trances

Credits

Director
Patsy Asch; Timothy Asch
Contributor
Linda Connor

Distribution Formats

Type
DVD
Format
Region 2 PAL
Price
£50.00
Availability
Sale
Duration/Size
103 minutes
Year
2006

Type
VHS
Format
PAL
Price
£50.00
Availability
Sale
Duration/Size
103 minutes
Year
2006

Sections

Title
Balinese Trance Seance, A
Synopsis
Jero Tapakan, a Balinese spirit medium, goes into trance to give clients advice from the spirit world. The viewer has an intimate view of Jero’s household shrine, of the trance process and of Jero as an individual. JERO ON JERO: A BALINESE TRANCE SEQUENCE OBSERVED follows on with Jero’s reactions to herself on film.
Duration
30 mins

Title
Jero on Jero: A Balinese Trance Seance Obvserved
Synopsis
Balinese spirit medium, Jero Tapakan, views a video recording of featuring herself entitled A BALINESE TRANCE SEANCE. She comments on the film and explains the seance proceedings.
Duration
16 mins

Title
Medium is the Masseuse, The: A Balinese Massage
Synopsis
Jero uses massage and traditional medicines to treat Ida Bagus, who suffers from sterility and seizures. Through her treatment and her words, Jero reveals her conceptions of the human body, the nature of illness, the contrast between Western and traditional Balinese medicine, and the relationship between human beings ad the cosmos.
Duration
31 mins

Title
Jero Tapakan: Stories from the Life of a Balinese Healer
Synopsis
Jero begins with an account of her family’s extreme poverty that culminated in her desire to leave her family and decide to travel as a pedlar. She describes mystical experiences that led her to recognise her own ‘blessed madness’ and to return home. Jero’s account is unique but themes of poverty, mysticism, madness and humility are common elements in the autobiographical accounts of many Balinese healers.
Duration
26 mins

Production Company

Name

Australian National University, Department of Anthropology

Distributor

Name

Royal Anthropological Institute Film & Video Library, c/o Concord Media

Email
sales@concordvideo.co.uk
Web
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Phone
01473 726012
Fax
01473 274531
Address
Rosehill Centre
22 Hines Road
Ipswich
IP3 9BG

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