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Jaranan: The Horse Dance and Trance in East Java [With CDROM]
(Book #252 in the Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde Series)
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The dramatic genre of the horse dance (jaranan) is part of an age-old Javanese tradition displaying wide local and regional variations. A striking feature of the performances of the majority of horse dance groups is the appearance of trance dancers. These are used as a means of establishing contact with the spirits of the ancestors, who continue to play an important part in the lives of their descendants as moral beacons in the solution of...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:9067183067
ISBN13:9789067183062
Release Date:January 2008
Publisher:Brill
Length:308 Pages
Weight:1.15 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"
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