Jaranan: The Horse Dance and Trance in East Java [With CDROM]

by Victoria M. Clara van Groenendael

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9067183067
• ISBN13: 9789067183062
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"