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Bali: Sekala & Niskala
Fred B. Eiseman
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Description for Bali: Sekala & Niskala
Paperback. Num Pages: 392 pages, black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FMNB; HRK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 374.
"The best book on Bali for the serious visitor…Has the freshness of personal experience."—Dr. Hildred Geertz, author of Kinship in Bali and Professor of Anthropology at Princeton University
In Bali, what you see—sekala—is a colorful world of ceremony, ritual, dance, and drama. What you don't see what is occult—niskala—is the doctrine underlying the pageants, the code underlying the rites, and the magic underlying the dance. In this book, author Fred Eiseman explores both tangibles and intangibles in the realm of Balinese religion, ritual, and performing arts.
The essays collected here topics ranging from Hindu mythology to modern gamelan ... Read more
"The best book on Bali for the serious visitor…Has the freshness of personal experience."—Dr. Hildred Geertz, author of Kinship in Bali and Professor of Anthropology at Princeton University
In Bali, what you see—sekala—is a colorful world of ceremony, ritual, dance, and drama. What you don't see what is occult—niskala—is the doctrine underlying the pageants, the code underlying the rites, and the magic underlying the dance. In this book, author Fred Eiseman explores both tangibles and intangibles in the realm of Balinese religion, ritual, and performing arts.
The essays collected here topics ranging from Hindu mythology to modern gamelan ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Tuttle Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
392
Place of Publication
Boston, United States
ISBN
9780804840989
SKU
V9780804840989
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About Fred B. Eiseman
Fred Eiseman's 28 years of experiences in Bali and his love of Balinese culture prompted him to write this book.
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