photography by : bowoCribo
Practiced in Java for centuries, Jathilan is a folk dance that uses the
power of music and dance to channel powerful and sometimes terrifying
forces. Led by a spiritual guide and a whip-bearing ringleader, a group
of dancers ride woven horses in rhythmic unison until they are entered
by spirits. Once possessed they engage in a range of self-mortification
behaviors until safely emerging from their altered state, left with no
memory of the event and no lingering ill effects.
text : http://www.der.org/films/jathilan.html
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