snoopss a écrit :
Très belle photo. Qu'est ce qu'un bissu ?
Dans la Société Bugis (Sud-Sulawesi, Indonésie), le Bissu est un prêtre, lien entre les hommes et les dieux, mais également le détenteur des connaissances et rites liés au rois et reines de Sulawesi.
Voilà le wiki, light mais qui donne l'essentiel
Bugis PeopleEt qq images de ce documentaire:
HIJRAet le texte qui l'accompagne
‘RIANTO, AN INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED CONTEMPORARY DANCER AND SPECIALIST IN THE CROSS GENDER DANCE FORM OF LENGGER FROM CENTRAL JAVA EMBARKS ON A RESEARCH INTO CROSS GENDER TRADITIONS AND TRANSGENDER PERFORMANCE ACROSS THE INDONESIAN ARCHIPELAGO.
RIANTO UNDERTAKES THIS RESEARCH IN PARTNERSHIP WITH INDONESIAN BORN, PARIS RAISED PHOTOGRAPHER, JOEL BENGUIGUI. JOEL HOLDS A BODY OF WORK RESEARCHING AND DOCUMENTING THE DRAG SCENE OF BELGIUM AND NOW BRINGS HIS EUROPEAN BASED PRACTICE BACK TO HIS ROOTS IN INDONESIA.
THE DUO WISH TO DOCUMENT AND GIVE VOICE TO THE LIVING HISTORY OF INDONESIAN TRANSGENDER FORMS AND TRADITIONS.
RIANTO SEES THESE TRADITIONS AS DEFENDING CORE VALUES OF INDONESIAN SOCIETY THAT STAND IN CONTRAST TO THE THE RECENT SURGE OF CONSERVATIVE RELIGIOUS POLITICS AND DOGMATIC RHETORICS. HE SEEKS TO PRESERVE THESE DUALITIES THAT RUN DEEPLY THROUGH INDONESIAN CULTURE AND TRADITIONS.
TRAVELING BETWEEN CENTRAL JAVA AND SULAWESI, RIANTO AND JOEL RESEARCH AND DOCUMENT THE MASTERS, COMMUNITIES AND FORMS THAT HOLD THIS SPACE BETWEEN BINARY OPPOSITES.
OVER A SERIES OF INTENSIVE TRIPS THE PROJECT WILL DEVELOP INTO AN EXHIBITION, PUBLICATION AND EVENTUALLY A NEW STAGE WORK.’
—JALA ADOLPHUS (PRODUCER)
Posté: samedi 16 mai 2020 - 8:15
Leica M10 
Apo-Summicron-M 50 mm f/2 Asph.
