Tari Sandar sebagai Benteng Pertahanan Adat di Desa Adat Kedonganan Kuta

<p><em>Performing art in Bali is a cultural repertoire that is very tied to the diversity of forms and goals. The island of Bali, dubbed the Island of the Gods, Khayangan Island (Island of Paradise) has a variety of dances that vary in shape and have a close relationship with the implementation of Hindu religious ceremonies which are the largest in number in Bali. The attraction of Bali is its unique culture, community life and natural beauty. Its cultural life is the unification of religion, culture, harmonious customs, taste and intention as a prominent element of human cultivation taking the form of religion, aesthetics and ethics. This is reflected through cultural arts, solidarity of mutual cooperation as a sense of togetherness.</em></p><p align="left"><em>As a tradition, the existence of Balinese art is in line with all aspects of life. In an integrated manner, reflecting on the ideals of the supporting community is not excessive if the Balinese people consider that art (dance, gamelan and wayang) is an integral part of their lives which is always bound by ritual events. Hinduism which has rational, ritual, emotional and belief elements often makes the art as a ritual drama a means to strengthen trust and formulate religious conceptions in people’s lives.</em></p>

Black Online Discourse, Part 1

Black digital practice reveals a complicated mix of technological literacy, discursive identity, and cultural critique. Taken together, it offers glimpses of the multivalent Black communities’ political, technocultural, and historical commonplaces to the outside world. These can be understood as three topoi shaping Black digital practice—ratchetry, respectability, and racism. This chapter examines ratchetry and racism as interlocking libidinal frames powering Black digital practice. Black digital practice, which the author once characterized as ritual drama and catharsis, can also be understood as digital orality—an online space encoded by folk culture and racial ideology, and undergirded by a libidinal discursive economy, producing pungent, plaintive commentary on matters political.

Indian Artistic Communities and Trance Practices: Local Traditions of Gujarat, Assam and Kerala

The paper provides a comprehensive comparative cultural and anthropological study of Indian artistic communities — dynasties of musicians, dancers, actors, performers of epic legends playing ritual drama, martial arts masters. A peculiar common Indian feature is the combination of three factors in their activity: artistic skills passed during regular training; religious service (most artistic activities are in one way or another devoted to certain cults and/or turn out to be part of ceremonies) and skills of controlled trance, specific psychophysical states, which in this case include on-stage reincarnation and the ability to impact spectators. The ethnographic material obtained during the expedition helps to trace the social and psychological features of some dynasties of artistic communities.

Huan Nuoyuan: Exorcism and Transformation in Miao Ritual Drama

Deep in the Wuling Mountains of southwest Hunan, China, a 3,000-year-old ritual, the huan nuoyuan, is performed by the Miao people. The elaborate event is the conclusion of many years of preparation; it evokes and embodies the mythical forces that are central to the worldview of the politically and ethnically marginalized Miao.

DRAMATARI GAMBUH GAYA BATUAN

ABSTRAK Seni pertunjukan di Bali merupakan khasanah budaya yang sangat terikat dengan keanekaragaman bentuk maupun tujuan. Pulau Bali yang dijuluki sebagai Pulau Dewata, Pulau Khayangan ( Island of Paradise ) memiliki bermacam – macam tarian yang bervariasi bentuknya dan mempunyai hubungan yang erat dengan pelaksanaan upacara agama hindu yang merupakan agama yang paling besar jumlah penganutnya di Bali. Daya tarik Bali adalah kebudayaan yang unik, kehidupan masyarakat dan keindahan alamnya. Kehidupan kebudayaannya adalah menyatunya agama, kebudayaan, adat yang harmonis, cita rasa dan karsa sebagai unsur budi daya manusia yang menonjol mengambil bentuk keagamaan, estetika dan etika. Hal tersebut tercermin lewat seni budaya, solidaritas gotong – royong sebagai rasa kebersamaan. Sebagai sebuah tradisi keberadaan kesenian bali sejalan dengan seluruh aspek kehidupan. Secara terpadu akrab merefleksikan cita – cita masyarakat pendukungnya tidaklah berlebihan jika masyarakat bali menganggap jika kesenian ( seni tari, gamelan maupun wayang ) adalah bagian integral dari kehidupannya yang selalu terikat dengan peristiwa – peristiwa ritual. Agama hindu yang memiliki unsur rasional,ritual, emosional dan kepercayaan sering menjadikan kesenian tersebut sebagai drama ritual menjadi sarana untuk memperkuat kepercayaan serta memformulasikan konsepsi agama dalam kehidupan masyarakat. ABSTRACT Performing art in Bali is a cultural repertoire that is very tied to the diversity of forms and goals. The island of Bali, dubbed the Island of the Gods, Khayangan Island (Island of Paradise) has a variety of dances that vary in shape and have a close relationship with the implementation of Hindu religious ceremonies which are the largest in number in Bali. The attraction of Bali is its unique culture, community life and natural beauty. Its cultural life is the unification of religion, culture, harmonious customs, taste and intention as a prominent element of human cultivation taking the form of religion, aesthetics and ethics. This is reflected through cultural arts, solidarity of mutual cooperation as a sense of togetherness. As a tradition, the existence of Balinese art is in line with all aspects of life. In an integrated manner, reflecting on the ideals of the supporting community is not excessive if the Balinese people consider that art (dance, gamelan and wayang) is an integral part of their lives which is always bound by ritual events. Hinduism which has rational, ritual, emotional and belief elements often makes the art as a ritual drama a means to strengthen trust and formulate religious conceptions in people's lives.