Ashes of life : the annual rituals of Laboya, Sumba, 1996 : an ethnographic multimedia DVD
Film et Vidéo
- Auteurs : Nijland Dirk ; Geirnaert-Martin Danielle C. ; Maaker Erik de ;
- Editeurs : Göttingen IWF Wissen und Medien gGmbH [éd., distrib.] ;
- Date d'édition : 2007
- Sujets : Rituel -- DVD -- Sumba (Indonésie, île), Morts, Lamboya (peuple d'Indonésie), Riziculture, Films ethnographiques DVD Sumba (Indonésie
- Langue(s) : Indéterminée, Anglais
- Description matérielle : 3 DVD mono face toutes zones (1 h 07 min 40 s, 1 h 22 min 49 s, 1 h 18 min 16 s), : Coul., (PAL), son., + 1 livret
- Pays de publication : Allemagne
- Collection (notice d'ensemble) : Geisteswissenschaften Humanities
- N° de référence commerciale : C12594
Notes
Version en gaboyan ; sous-titres en anglais ; commentaires en anglais ; Lieu de tournage : Sumba, 1996
Résumé
Laboya is situated on the southern coast of West Sumba (Eastern Indonesia), an island never introduced to Hindu culture. Not until the beginning of the 20th century did Christianity and then Islam reach the Sumbanese. Even nowadays most people say they believe in Marapu, a term referring to their ancestors. It is the task of the living to nourish and pray to ancestral spirits in order to receive their blessings. Padu and Nyale are the two ceremonies marking the annual agricultural cycle (rice, maize and cassava). Padu means bitterness. October is a month of ''bitterness'' and ''heat'' (hala) causing people to fall ill, and preventing animals and plants from thriving. The Padu ceremony is to get rid of these ills, to let the life-giving water flow again and to renew social bonds. The Padu ritual also serves to prepare the rain rituals of Nyale which take place in February, when the rice planting season is re-opened. During the Nyale rituals the arrival of Nyale seaworms (announcing heavy rainfall) means the ancestral blessing has been given. (Research footage of low technical quality)