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Carl Valiquet is a photographer and a movie-maker who lives in Montreal and Bali, and has produced Blood And Incense, a movie whose trailer shown here is a spectacular fusion of still photography with motion from video, and a remarkable back and forth segue from cock fighting to Balinese religious rituals.
In Bali, certain religious ceremonies require that blood be spilled to pacify the evil spirits, and cockfighting (known as Tajen) is a tradition that is mixed with such religious rituals. Cockfights are required at temple and purification ceremonies.
In Bali, during certain ceremonies, blood must be spilt to pacify the bhutas, the evil spirits that live underground. A cockfighting arena is built next to the temple. The judge strikes a gong; the fighting starts."
Although Indonesia...
Showing posts with label Bali. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bali. Show all posts
Monday, June 13, 2011
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
My Work: The Bali Trilogy
I'm glad to present Bali: The Trilogy; a three-part audio-slideshow (based on a chaptered SoundSlides platform), which consists of black & white documentaries of Balinese ceremonies.The Melasti ceremony is an all important Balinese tradition of purifying temple deities in the waters of the ocean, the Ngaben is the Balinese tradition of cremating the dead, while the third is Tajen, the ancient tradition of cockfighting, technically illegal but still practiced on the island (and elsewhere in Indonesia).This above link will not work on iPads (by the way, about 6-7% of my daily readers view this blog on their iPads, and I think this percentage...
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
My Work: Bali: Ngaben (Cremation Ceremony)
Photo Tewfic El-Sawy -All Rights Reserved
Here's the first of a number of audio-slideshows of Balinese traditional events which I worked on following my return from my Bali: Island of Odalan Photo~Expedition
Ngaben: Cremation Ceremony is a thematic multimedia photo-essay of black and white stills and ambient sound of a cremation ceremony for 6 villagers held on August 11, 2010 in Blahbatuh. The actual cremation was almost a whole day event, and was preceded by a ceremony of remembrance at one of the villagers' homes during which food and drinks were partaken by the families, villagers, friends, neighbors and whoever else wanted to...
Monday, September 13, 2010
Bali: Odalan at Pura Desa Sapat
Photo Tewfic El-Sawy-All Rights Reserved
Here's the first gallery of my own work whilst I was leading the Bali: Island of Odalan Photo~Expedition™ last month.
It's a linear photo gallery of about 20 large color photographs made during an important anniversary of a Balinese Hindu temple, and it's titled Odalan: Pura Desa Sapat. It's more photo journalistic in style than travel, and there are graphic photographs of animals being sacrificed, which may be disturbing to some.
This was one of the two most intense photo-shoots during the whole photo~expedition...not only because of the time spent photographing, but also because of the...
Saturday, September 11, 2010
John Stanmeyer: Bali Island of Spirits
Excerpted from VII's press release announcing John Stanmeyer's new book Bali: Island of Spirits:Spirits are everywhere in Bali. Balinese spiritual culture has its roots in Indian Hinduism, Buddhism and ancient animist beliefs, first originating in East Java. Centuries-old ceremonies with deeply layered rituals are very much alive today. John Stanmeyer spent five years living in Bali, creating this reportage through the uninhibited and timeless lens of a Holga. His photographs capture practices from decades past, transcending the temporal as they live on today and into the unforeseen future. Details on the reception and book signing:Artist reception...
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Big Picture: A Royal Farewell In Bali
© Bay Ismoyo/AFP/Getty Images-All Rights ReservedAnother pictorial coverage of the royal cremation on the island of Bali is featured by the Boston Globe's Big Picture blog. The head of the royal family of Ubud was laid to rest in a rare, spectacular Royal Funeral - the largest in decades. The head of the family, two other members of the royal family, and 68 commoners were cremated in the ceremony - their bodies having been previously preserved, awaiting cremation, which is traditionally believed to free their souls for future reincarnation.The images by various photographers are on The Big Pict...
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Justin Mott: Royal Plebon Ceremony
© Justin Mott for The New York Times-All Rights ReservedThe New York Times features a well produced multimedia piece on a royal cremation ceremony in Ubud, Bali with photographs by the talented Justin Mott, and produced by Michael Kolomatsky and Patrick Witty. The accompanying audio of the royal cremation is nicely woven in the sequence of Justin's photographs. You'll hear the lighting of the fire coinciding at precisely the right instant as the photograph of the pyre appears on the screen... in newspapers with deadlines, paying attention to such sync'ing is often not the case.Jefri Aries, a Balinese photojournalist, announced the event on...
Saturday, June 2, 2007
Bali: Photo Expedition July 14-29, 2007
Image Copyright ©Tewfic El-Sawy - All Rights Reserved In anticipation of my forthcoming photo expedition to Bali (sorry, but it sold out a few days from my announcing it last December). I put together a short Soundslides gallery of various photographs and audio taken at Odalans (temples' anniversaries), and Melastis (purification rituals). For advance notice of my photo expeditions, you need to register on my websiteHere is the Bali slideshow: Bali: Odalans and Melas...
