Ritual burdens : a Balinese woman's ceremonial obligations trigger her bi-polar disorder
Film et Vidéo
- Auteurs : Lemelson Robert (1952-...) ; Documentary Educational Resources ;
- Editeurs : Watertown, MA Documentary Educational Resources [distrib.] ;
- Date d'édition : 2011
- Sujets : Maladies mentales -- DVD -- Indonésie -- Bali (Indonésie), Malades mentales, Troubles bipolaires, Films ethnographiques DVD Indonésie
- Langue(s) : Anglais
- Description matérielle : 1 DVD monoface (25 min), : Coul. avec des séquences en n. et bl., son.
- Pays de publication : États-Unis
- Collection (notice d'ensemble) : Afflictions, : Culture & mental illness in Indonesia.
Notes
Tournage : Government Health Clinic, Central Bali, 1997
Résumé
Indiqué sur la jaquette : The film focuses on Ni Ketut Kasih, an older Balinese woman who lives her life according to the complex rhythms of the Balinese religious calendar. Here, participation in ritual events is both a spiritual mandate and social obligation for women who spend countless hours crafting offerings. Ni Ketut's masterful hand has contributed to her status as a highly respected ceremonial leader. The pressures of ritual requirements often overwhelm her, crowding her mind with memories of her difficult childhood during Indonesia's war for independence. These stressors frequently trigger Ketut's bi-polar disorder episodes, for which she has been hospitalized over 35 times. Ni Ketut's case reveals the binding associations that can make cultural unbearable. The film illustrates how traumatic historical events, and personal experience overlap in unique intersections of stress that trigger cyclical episodes of mental illness.