Tantra and Tantri are one and the same. Tantri always gets the whites and Tantra always gets the yolks when they covertly steal the family's sacrifice eggs. Tantra and the yolk are both gone one day. Tantri, whose brother is very ill and in the hospital, begins to fall into wonderful parallel worlds as she approaches the inevitable farewell through costumes, body paint, and dance. To eliminate the idea that things can continue as they are, Tantri's mother gently washes the paint from her face at one point. Using extensive dream sequences and the Balinese philosophy of sekala (the seen) and niskala (the unseen), Andini shows us how a ten-year-old child copes with loss and sadness after her parents' separation.
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Tantra and Tantri are one and the same. Tantri always gets the whites and Tantra always gets the yolks when they covertly steal the family's sacrifice eggs. Tantra and the yolk are both gone one day. Tantri, whose brother is very ill and in the hospital, begins to fall into wonderful parallel worlds as she approaches the inevitable farewell through costumes, body paint, and dance. To eliminate the idea that things can continue as they are, Tantri's mother gently washes the paint from her face at one point. Using extensive dream sequences and the Balinese philosophy of sekala (the seen) and niskala (the unseen), Andini shows us how a ten-year-old child copes with loss and sadness after her parents' separation.
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