What are your thoughts about the ceremony itself? Can you draw parallels between this coming-of-age ceremony and others that you may be familiar with? How does music contribute to the ceremony ?
Critical Thinking about Balinese Culture, Potong Gigi, Tooth Filing Ceremony Background Information: The video in this assignment provides a rather recent look at a coming-of-age Hindu ritual performed on all Balinese girls and boys: a tooth filing ceremony. When a young man’s voice changes and a young girl begins her menstrual cycle, usually between ages […]