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<font size="5">Disorient Bali presents: BURNING MANTAP</font><BR>
<font size="4">Pantai Beraban, Tabanan. Bali - Sat. Nov. 9th, 2024</font><BR>


Burning Mantap is a collaborative art event on a pristine black sand beach on the Indian ocean in Bali.<BR>
A wooden sculpture is assembled and burned during this one day outdoor event.<BR>
It is a [[Sustainability_Efforts#Disorient_Unplugged|Disorient Unplugged]] happening which means that no electricity is used at the event.<BR><BR>

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==Description==
Burning Mantap is a time and place when Balinese and Disorient cultures come together.<BR>

Mantap means excellent in Bahasa Indonesia, Bali’s local language. During this syncretic celebration we focus our intentions on being excellent to ourselves and to others. We express this through different modalities including food, art, sustainability and the sacred.<BR>

Mantap is also a shape based on the octahedra, the third Platonic Solid. This volume was conceived in 2021 by [http://www.geodesictemple.com Geodesic Temple] to illustrate the concept of excellence. We assemble, then burn Mantap during the event following a process that has been a symbol of purification manifested by human tribes since the dawn of time.<BR>

Burning Mantap is an exercise in sustainability. The decision to not use electricity at the event is rooted in Disorient's desire to become more sustainable which requires profound cultural changes. Disorient Unplugged is a radical cell within Disorient's [[Sustainability_Efforts|sustainability efforts]] designed to imagine a version of Disorient that does not require electricity and explore new possibilities inspired by ancestral cultures. It's goal is an ontological rethink of Disorient since our practice was originally based on electronic arts.<BR>

Burning Mantap is a triennial(1), volunteer-run, participatory event. Everyone attending BM is encouraged to participate to the happening. This could mean food preparation, transportation of material, drift wood gathering, sculpture assembly, playing an acoustic instrument, helping with the organization, etc.<BR>

Expected number of participants: 20 - 30.<BR>

Burning Mantap is a free event(2)<BR><!--
There is no vending at BM<BR>-->
Dress code: pink and/or orange<BR>

==Timeline==
===Before Nov. 7===
- Create a Disorient Sign<BR>
- Continue identifying leads<BR>
- Secure permit from local authorities (Pak Gede, Pak Klian and possibly Tabanan Regency)<BR>
- Upacara. Link the BM ceremony to an existing ceremony or create new one? (pak Manku)<BR>
- Can we bring 4x4 trucks on the beach to help with delivery and infrastructure?<BR>
- Design, fabricate and test the skeleton of Mantap made of wooden beams.<BR>
- Prep tools to assemble Mantap on site<BR>
- 2+ meter ladder<BR>
- Define sculpture ignition strategy<BR>
- Plan for shade structure on the beach? Use Banjar's shade.<BR>
- Plan for babi guling setup<BR>
- Order Babi Guling<BR>
- Food Cell: in charge of food prep and organization on beach<BR>
- Design and produce BM24 memorabilia (sarong, pendant, ...?)<BR>

===Nov. 7===
4:00pm - Executive Leads meet on beach to determine precise event location<BR>

===Nov. 8===
- Staging at Superstition<BR>
- Staging at Bale Banjar Pondok<BR>

===Nov. 9===
10:00am - Load in at Superstition and Bale (Banjar Pondok)<BR>

11:00am - Start delivery of items to the beach (shade structure, ceremony, cooking, sculpture elements, etc.).<BR>

12:00pm - Setup shade structure and drinking water solution<BR>

2:00 to 4:00pm - Installation of the Mantap sculpture on the beach. One group assembles the prefabricated frame while another group gathers drift wood using carts and possibly 4x4 pick-up truck. Everyone wraps the drift wood onto the structure which is then erected. Heavier pieces of drift wood are piled-up inside the bottom pyramid.<BR>

4:30pm - Ceremony organized under the auspices of the village and led by local priest. Gamelan performance.<BR>

4:55pm - Group photo.<BR>

5:00pm - Pork roast prepared by locals according to the babi guling tradition is shared on the beach.<BR>

6:00pm - The sculpture is ignited. Gamelan performance.<BR>

6:30pm - Local women chorus.<BR>

Acoustic music with percussion instruments played by members of the village is performed during several sessions throughout the event.<BR>

===Nov. 10===
10:00am: Beach clean-up. Every participant is invited to meet on the beach to collect items that do not belong there. The goal is to leave our celebratory space better (less plastic, etc.) than we found it. The more people participate to this communal effort, the faster the task is accomplished and the more rewarding it is for everyone involved. Bring a friend!<BR>

==Leads==

===Guests of Honor===
Pak Gede (Village Chief)<BR>
Pak Klian (Banjar Chief)<BR>

===Executive===
The Eye - Director<BR>
Pak Nyoman - Producer<BR>
The Eye - Executive Producer<BR>
The Eyelash - Finance<BR>

===Ceremony===
Pak Manku - Priest<BR>
Ibu Klian - Production<BR>
TBA - Gamelan(3)(4)<BR>
TBA - Bedug(5)<BR>

===Food & Beverage===
Pak Ferdi - Babi Guling<BR>
Ibu Putu - Production<BR>

===Mantap sculpture===
The Eye - Concept and Design<BR>
Lowroad - Design Consultant<BR>
Pak Andi - Producer<BR>
Monsieur Arnaud - Assembly<BR>
Mandy - Drift Wood Wrapping<BR>
The Eye - Burn<BR>

===LNT===
Brinksman - Leave No Trace<BR>

==References==
(1) The [[Disorient_Bali_presents:_BURNING_MANTAP|first iteration]] happened in 2021.<BR>

(2) If you are in a position to contribute financially please do so here (needs link).<!-- At each BM, we select a project that supports local projects organized by locals.--> In 2024, portions of your donation will go to the local community to help with the cost of the ceremony and to Sungai Watch, a not-for-profit that organizes volunteers to clean-up rivers with a focus on addressing the plastic problem in Bali and Java.<BR>

(3) https://musicbrainz.org/instrument/a26a663e-3add-42e1-ac07-ce289d5f330a<BR>

(4) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamelan<BR>

(5) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedug<BR>



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VIP list:
Pak Gede
Pak Klian

Invite:
Sam from Sungai Watch
Ryan Fix
Joe Che
Shelly?
Sun Gallery guy
Dr Smit
Pak Topan
Hughe +


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