Malay Magic -
Spirit Doctor of Kelantan
Music, magic, trance are the age-old ways the spirit doctor uses to drive away the bad spirits which Malays in Kelantan believe are the cause of disasters in their communities and of illness in themselves
In the fishing village of Tawang,
Dullah, the spirit doctor, performs elaborate and spectacular ceremonies of exorcism to cure illnesses which we imagine to be
Western prerogatives - but depresion, anxiety, the psychological disorders which fill English gps Waiting-rooms are also to be found In idyllic palm-fringed tropical
Malaysia, where the treatment is as exotic as the setting.
Film cameraman DAVID SOUTH m editor PETER HARRIS producer CLEM VALLANCE
Series editors
ANTHONY ISAACS and PETER JONES