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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Bibliographic Details
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, Narrator, Director, Producer), Hoskins, Susan (Screenwriter)
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	This edition in English and Indonesian with English subtitles.
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. Sumbanais (Peuple d'Indonésie) Chevaux. Chevaux > Indonésie > Sumba. Mœurs et coutumes. Sumba (Indonésie) Sumba (Indonésie) > Mœurs et coutumes. Indonesia > Sumba Island. Documentary films. Nonfiction films. Documentaires. Films autres que de fiction.
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Horses of Life and Death.

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