Meburu

The Meburu tradition is carried out in a series of processes over several days and the peak of the ceremony is held at Tawur Agung Kesanga or the day before the Nyepi holiday. This tradition is carried out voluntarily by prioritizing the concept of ngayah which is carried out by all Panjer traditional village communities. Various magical spaces are interconnected with traditional facilities involving all aspects of the work. There are also artistic performances in the form of tetabuhan, dances and trance processions for selected pemedek who carry out the Hunting process in conditions that are beyond conscious and controlled by invisible forces.

  • Anak Agung Ngurah Bagus Kesuma Yudha
    Director
  • Institut Desain & Bisnis Bali
    Producer
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Meburu
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 1 minute 47 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    August 17, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    2,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Indonesia
  • Country of Filming:
    Indonesia
  • Language:
    Indonesian
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Anak Agung Ngurah Bagus Kesuma Yudha

Anak Agung Ngurah Kesuma Yudha, familiarly called Agung Yudha, is a filmmaker from Denpasar, Bali. He actively involves himself in various creative communities in Bali and is the chairman of the Film Sarad community. He is also a film studies teacher at the university. Specializing in documentary and horror films, Agung Yudha has a Master's degree in Cultural Studies, which equipped him with the theoretical and conceptual framework he needed to research his film projects. The documentary he produced entitled Pekak Kukuruyuk which examines the life of Balinese oral tradition archivist Made Taro won the Eagle Awards Documentary Festival in 2014. In 2022, he completed his first long documentary film entitled "Meburu" which tells the story of the implementation of traditional activities in the village of Panjer in Bali. As well as being the Director of the culinary documentary series "Jangkep: Balinese Taste Heritage" which dissects the culinary story of Bali and its existence today. In early 2023, Agung Yudha worked as Assistant Director of the film "Where the Wild Frangipanis Grow" which will have its world premiere at the Busan International Film Festival. Apart from being a filmmaker, Agung Yudha also acts as a writer and photographer. To date, he has published five books with an audio-visual context.

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Director Statement

Not a single person in the Panjer Village, Bali, knows exactly when the Meburu tradition was first implemented. It's just that everyone believes that this event is important to hold every year. Various meanings have emerged to interpret the term Meburu which is linked to "the process of hunting and calming the power of bhuta kala so that it does not disturb people's lives and carrying out the nomyya process so that it can provide balance between the aspects of bhuana Agung and Bhuana Alit."

The Meburu tradition is carried out in a series of processes over several days and the peak of the ceremony is held at Tawur Agung Kesanga or the day before the Nyepi holiday. This tradition is carried out voluntarily by prioritizing the concept of ngayah which is carried out by all Panjer traditional village communities. Various magical spaces are interconnected with traditional facilities involving all aspects of the work. There are also artistic performances in the form of tetabuhan, dances and trance processions for selected pemedek who carry out the Hunting process in conditions that are beyond conscious and controlled by invisible forces.