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) |
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Other Authors: | Hoskins, Janet (Screenwriter, Director, Producer), Whitney, Laura Scheerer (Screenwriter, Director, Narrator, Producer), Hoskins, Susan (Screenwriter) |
Format: | Electronic Video |
Language: | English |
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Watertown, MA :
Documentary Educational Resources (DER),
1991.
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Series: | Ethnographic video online, volume 2
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Online Access: | CONNECT |
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