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Does Garuda Indonesia, Indonesia's national airline, carry out political assassinations for the government? Following the bizarre poisoning of the country's leading human rights activist, Munir Said Thalib, on one of its flights, it's appearing more and more likely. Since Thalib's death his colleagues have uncovered a series of shady connections between Indonesian intelligence and Garuda, and, as this documentary lays out, their findings have led...
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On the Indonesian island of Bali, the arts permeate almost every aspect of daily life - attempts to please the gods and placate demons. Much of human effort is directed toward these attempts, and the pinnacle of such efforts is the ritual Eka Dasa Rudra, held once every hundred years and involving the entire population of the island. There is also a political dimension to Eka Dasa Rudra. In 1963, upon the urging of then-President Sukarno, Balinese...
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Forms part of a series on world religions in which theater director Ronald Eyre travels around the globe asking people basic questions about their religious beliefs and practices. Vol. 8 visits the Torajas of Indonesia to investigate the experience of primal worship. Explores the reasons for the remarkable survival of the Torajas' religion at a time when other primal, animist religions are dying out as a result of contact with the outside world. Shows...