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Jaranan : the Horse Dance and Trance in East Java.

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...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Groenendael, Clara van
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden : BRILL, 2008.
Colección:Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde.
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Sumario: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 problems and the fulfillment of wishes. As a consequence of the modernization of society in almost every aspect of life, vigorously propagated as it was by.
Notas:CHAPTER VII The significance of the horse dance legend.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (307 pages)
ISBN:9789004253872
9004253874
9067183067
9789067183062