Jatihlan
in Kemesu
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© 2014 John Holstein
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Kemesu
is a small village about an hour's motorbike ride west of Yogyakarta.
Villagers dance to repetitive music in order to get possessed by the village
guardian spirits, with the objective of communicating with them, but they
have to fight off evil spirits in the process.
So
many things going on at once.
Check
out this video of an evil-spirit
dancer.
See
the Kemesu jatihlan in more detail on my YouTube video, Jatihlan
in Kemesu.
See
still shots of another Jatihlan, at
Nanggulan.
For
a deeper understanding of Jatihlan, check out this great 8-minute documentary:
Jatihlan
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