Horses of life and death/

Horses of life and death/

The Pasola, a traditional jousting battle with hundreds of horses and riders, is the Sumbanese New Year celebration, and also a ritual that anticipates the rice harvest. It is staged to welcome the annual swarming of sea worms on the western beaches, since the worms are seen as representing the spir...

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Corporate Authors: Documentary Educational Resources (Firm) (Producer), University of California (System). Extension Media Center (Producer)
Other Authors: Hoskins, Janet (Screenwriter, Director, Producer), Whitney, Laura Scheerer (Screenwriter, Director, Narrator, Producer), Hoskins, Susan (Screenwriter)
Format: Electronic Video
Language:English
Published: Watertown, MA : Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1991.
Series:Ethnographic video online, volume 2
Subjects:
Sumbanese (Indonesian people)
Horses.
Horses > Indonesia > Sumba Island.
Manners and customs.
Sumba Island (Indonesia)
Sumba Island (Indonesia) > Social life and customs.
Documentary films.
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