A performance of a life-sized puppet known as Si gale gale, Dressed in local ulos cloths the puppet danced and mourned as a substitute son at the funerals of men who died childless. Wet moss inside the head allowed the puppet to weep. A son was necessary for the deceased to live on among the ancestors. Indonesia. Toba Batak. 1968. Lake Toba, Northern Sumatra.
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Creative#:
TOP10870715
Source:
達志影像
Authorization Type:
RM
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No
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