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'A Balinese Trance Seance' is a 1979 documentary film by ethnographic filmmaker Tim Asch and anthropologist Linda Connor that profiles Jero Tapakan, a Balinese spirit medium. It was one of five films that were made with Jero Tapakan and were considered to be exemplary ethnographic films.Alexander, Paul (1998) "Jero Tapakan: Balinese Healer. An Ethnographic Film Monograph". 'The Australian Journal of Anthropology' January, 1998

The film was the first in the series; the later films were: 'Jero on Jero: "A Balinese Trance Seance" Observed' (1981), 'The Medium is the Masseuse: A Balinese Massage' (1983), and 'Jero Tapakan: Stories From the Life of a Balinese Healer' (1983).Sherzer, Joel (1998) "Jero Tapakan: Balinese Healer, An Ethnographic Film Monograph". 'Oceania'

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* Linda Connor, Patsy Asch and Timothy Asch (1986) 'Jero Tapakan: Balinese Healer'. An Ethnographic Film Monograph. Monograph No. 9, Ethnographics Press, Los Angeles: University of Southern California, (1986) 1996 2nd Edition. .


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