Village Life of the Balinese {Het Leven van den Baliër in de Dessa} (1918) – Anon

10:20, b&w, silent

Source : EYE Dutch East Indies collection, viewable here

Production : Kolonial Instituut

Informational film. Production year 1918. Censorship date 1929

EYE catalogue entry:

” Everyday scenes and ritual services in the village. Women doing housework: pounding flour, and carrying water. A Balinese district chief on the way to the Poera (Temple), and worship at home altars. The council of Kerta has a meeting, the chiefs and an inspector pronounce justice. Processing and writing on lontar leaves. Wood carvers.”

Stub – requires work

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