Tayuban : dancing the spirit in Java / filmmaker and anthropologist: Felicia Hughes-Freeland.
Once a year a ritual is held in a Javanese village. After a distribution of food, men dance with professional female dancers. Their allegedly sexual ethos makes these 'tayuban' unacceptable as national culture, but the dancing is a gift to the protective spirit in exchange for well-being,...
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