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Bridges to the Ancestors: Music, Myth, and Cultural Politics at an Indonesian Festival

David D. Harnish

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The spectacular Lingsar festival is held annually at a village templecomplex built above the most abundant water springs on the island ofLombok, near Bali. Participants come to the festival not only for theefficacy of its rites but also for its spiritual, social, and musicalexperience. A nexus of religious, political, artistic, and agrarianinterests, the festival also serves to harmonize relations betweenindigenous Sasak Muslims and migrant Balinese Hindus.

Language: English

Pages: 260

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: University of Hawaii Press

Release: November 04, 2005

ISBN: 082482914X

ISBN 13: 9780824829148

Bridges to the Ancestors: Music, Myth, and Cultural Politics at an Indonesian Festival

David D. Harnish

4.5/5 ( ratings)

The spectacular Lingsar festival is held annually at a village templecomplex built above the most abundant water springs on the island ofLombok, near Bali. Participants come to the festival not only for theefficacy of its rites but also for its spiritual, social, and musicalexperience. A nexus of religious, political, artistic, and agrarianinterests, the festival also serves to harmonize relations betweenindigenous Sasak Muslims and migrant Balinese Hindus.

Language: English

Pages: 260

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: University of Hawaii Press

Release: November 04, 2005

ISBN: 082482914X

ISBN 13: 9780824829148

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