Series Indonesia Series, ANU, DVD 1
Director Timothy Asch, Linda Connor, Patsy Asch
Country/Production Australia
Length 26 mins
Format Colour / DVD / PAL / All region
Location Indonesia, Central Bali / Asia
Ethnic Group Indonesian
Collection Asch
University Australian National University
Comments A study guide, Jero Tapakan: Balinese Healer, written by the three filmmakers, complements these films.
Order No RAI-200.123B
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Jero beings with an account of her family’s extreme poverty that culminated in her desire to leave her family and travel as a pedlar. She describes mystical experiences that led her to recognise her own ‘blessed madness’ and to return home. Jero’s account is unique but themes of poverty, mysticism, madness and humility are common elements in the autobiographical accounts of many Balinese healers.
