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Disorient Bali presents: BURNING MANTAP | Disorient Bali presents: BURNING MANTAP<BR> | ||
Pantai Beraban, Tabanan. Bali - Sat. Nov. 9th, 2024 | Pantai Beraban, Tabanan. Bali - Sat. Nov. 9th, 2024<BR> | ||
Burning Mantap is a Disorient Unplugged outdoor happening that takes place on a pristine black sand beach on the Indian ocean in Bali. No electricity is used at the event. | Burning Mantap is a Disorient Unplugged outdoor happening that takes place on a pristine black sand beach on the Indian ocean in Bali. No electricity is used at the event.<BR> | ||
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Burning Mantap is a time and place when Balinese and Disorient cultures come together for a day. Mantap means excellent in Bahasa Indonesia, Bali’s local language. This event is a celebration during which we focus our intentions on being excellent to ourselves and to others. We express this through different modalities including food, art and the sacred. | Burning Mantap is a time and place when Balinese and Disorient cultures come together for a day. Mantap means excellent in Bahasa Indonesia, Bali’s local language. This event is a celebration during which we focus our intentions on being excellent to ourselves and to others. We express this through different modalities including food, art and the sacred.<BR> | ||
Burning Mantap is a volunteer-run participatory event. Everyone attending BM is expected to participate to the happening. This could mean food preparation, transportation of material, drift wood gathering, sculpture assembly, etc. | Burning Mantap is a volunteer-run participatory event. Everyone attending BM is expected to participate to the happening. This could mean food preparation, transportation of material, drift wood gathering, sculpture assembly, etc.<BR> | ||
Burning Mantap is a free event. (1) | Burning Mantap is a free event. (1)<BR> | ||
Dress code: pink and/or orange. | Dress code: pink and/or orange.<BR> | ||
BM is a triennial event. The first iteration happened in 2021 | BM is a triennial event. The first iteration happened in 2021 | ||
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Before Nov. 9 | Before Nov. 9<BR> | ||
- Setup organization committee | - Setup organization committee<BR> | ||
- Select location | - Select location<BR> | ||
- Secure permit from local authorities (pak Gede) | - Secure permit from local authorities (pak Gede)<BR> | ||
- Upacara. Link the BM ceremony to an existing ceremony or create new one? (pak Manku) | - Upacara. Link the BM ceremony to an existing ceremony or create new one? (pak Manku)<BR> | ||
- Can we bring trucks directly onto the beach to help with delivery and infrastructure? | - Can we bring trucks directly onto the beach to help with delivery and infrastructure?<BR> | ||
- Design, fabricate and test the skeleton of Mantap made of wooden beams. | - Design, fabricate and test the skeleton of Mantap made of wooden beams.<BR> | ||
- Prep tools to assemble Mantap on site | - Prep tools to assemble Mantap on site<BR> | ||
- 2 meter ladder | - 2 meter ladder<BR> | ||
- Define sculpture ignition strategy | - Define sculpture ignition strategy<BR> | ||
- Plan for shade structure on the beach? | - Plan for shade structure on the beach?<BR> | ||
- Plan for babi guling setup | - Plan for babi guling setup<BR> | ||
- Food Cell: in charge of food prep and organization on beach | - Food Cell: in charge of food prep and organization on beach<BR> | ||
- Design and produce BM24 sarong | - Design and produce BM24 sarong<BR> | ||
Nov. 9 | Nov. 9<BR> | ||
1:00pm - Start delivery of items on the beach (ceremony, cooking and sculpture, etc.). | 1:00pm - Start delivery of items on the beach (ceremony, cooking and sculpture, etc.).<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 one or several carts. Everyone wraps the drift wood onto the structure which is then erected. Heavier pieces of drift wood are piled-up inside the bottom pyramid. | 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 one or several carts. 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. | 4:30pm - Ceremony organized under the auspices of the village and led by local priest.<BR> | ||
5:00pm - Pork roast prepared by locals according to the babi guling tradition is shared on the beach. | 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 at sunset., assembled on the beach then wrapped in drift wood before being ignited at sunset. | 6:00pm - The sculpture is ignited at sunset., assembled on the beach then wrapped in drift wood before being ignited at sunset.<BR> | ||
Acoustic music with percussion instruments played by members of the village is performed during several sessions throughout the event. | Acoustic music with percussion instruments played by members of the village is performed during several sessions throughout the event.<BR> | ||
Nov. 10 | Nov. 10<BR> | ||
4:00pm: 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 than we found it. | 4:00pm: 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 than we found it.<BR> | ||
---REFERENCE--- | |||
“I think the problem has to do with technology. Although we think we’re in control of it, it’s more like we’re being controlled. And I’m not talking about Big Brother. I mean we’re being controlled in how we’re consuming things every day. Here’s an example. I remember being in Miami and was at this restaurant that had this amazing melting chocolate dessert. And in no time at all, everyone had it on their menus. Everyone’s just playing catch up and following everyone else. Originality is lost in the process. We need a new balance. We need more organic relationships and finding ways for us to believe in ourselves. People need to take more chances. People need to get back in the driver’s seat with their experiences and not just be controlled by an algorithm. And if we do, we’ll once again become a society that enjoys differences and not just one that homogenizes everything.” | “I think the problem has to do with technology. Although we think we’re in control of it, it’s more like we’re being controlled. And I’m not talking about Big Brother. I mean we’re being controlled in how we’re consuming things every day. Here’s an example. I remember being in Miami and was at this restaurant that had this amazing melting chocolate dessert. And in no time at all, everyone had it on their menus. Everyone’s just playing catch up and following everyone else. Originality is lost in the process. We need a new balance. We need more organic relationships and finding ways for us to believe in ourselves. People need to take more chances. People need to get back in the driver’s seat with their experiences and not just be controlled by an algorithm. And if we do, we’ll once again become a society that enjoys differences and not just one that homogenizes everything.”<BR> | ||
- Ritchie Hawtin (032c - Aug. 22, 2024) https://032c.com/magazine/who-wants-to-be-a-human-jukebox-richie-hawtin | - Ritchie Hawtin (032c - Aug. 22, 2024) https://032c.com/magazine/who-wants-to-be-a-human-jukebox-richie-hawtin<BR> | ||
(1) 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 in Bali and Java. | (1) 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 in Bali and Java.<BR> | ||
Revision as of 00:44, 17 October 2024
Disorient Bali presents: BURNING MANTAP
Pantai Beraban, Tabanan. Bali - Sat. Nov. 9th, 2024
Burning Mantap is a Disorient Unplugged outdoor happening that takes place on a pristine black sand beach on the Indian ocean in Bali. No electricity is used at the event.
---DESCRIPTION---
Burning Mantap is a time and place when Balinese and Disorient cultures come together for a day. Mantap means excellent in Bahasa Indonesia, Bali’s local language. This event is a celebration during which we focus our intentions on being excellent to ourselves and to others. We express this through different modalities including food, art and the sacred.
Burning Mantap is a volunteer-run participatory event. Everyone attending BM is expected to participate to the happening. This could mean food preparation, transportation of material, drift wood gathering, sculpture assembly, etc.
Burning Mantap is a free event. (1)
Dress code: pink and/or orange.
BM is a triennial event. The first iteration happened in 2021 https://wiki.disorient.info/index.php?title=Disorient_Bali_presents:_BURNING_MANTAP
---TIMELINE---
Before Nov. 9
- Setup organization committee
- Select location
- Secure permit from local authorities (pak Gede)
- Upacara. Link the BM ceremony to an existing ceremony or create new one? (pak Manku)
- Can we bring trucks directly onto the beach to help with delivery and infrastructure?
- Design, fabricate and test the skeleton of Mantap made of wooden beams.
- Prep tools to assemble Mantap on site
- 2 meter ladder
- Define sculpture ignition strategy
- Plan for shade structure on the beach?
- Plan for babi guling setup
- Food Cell: in charge of food prep and organization on beach
- Design and produce BM24 sarong
Nov. 9
1:00pm - Start delivery of items on the beach (ceremony, cooking and sculpture, etc.).
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 one or several carts. Everyone wraps the drift wood onto the structure which is then erected. Heavier pieces of drift wood are piled-up inside the bottom pyramid.
4:30pm - Ceremony organized under the auspices of the village and led by local priest.
5:00pm - Pork roast prepared by locals according to the babi guling tradition is shared on the beach.
6:00pm - The sculpture is ignited at sunset., assembled on the beach then wrapped in drift wood before being ignited at sunset.
Acoustic music with percussion instruments played by members of the village is performed during several sessions throughout the event.
Nov. 10
4:00pm: 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 than we found it.
---REFERENCE---
“I think the problem has to do with technology. Although we think we’re in control of it, it’s more like we’re being controlled. And I’m not talking about Big Brother. I mean we’re being controlled in how we’re consuming things every day. Here’s an example. I remember being in Miami and was at this restaurant that had this amazing melting chocolate dessert. And in no time at all, everyone had it on their menus. Everyone’s just playing catch up and following everyone else. Originality is lost in the process. We need a new balance. We need more organic relationships and finding ways for us to believe in ourselves. People need to take more chances. People need to get back in the driver’s seat with their experiences and not just be controlled by an algorithm. And if we do, we’ll once again become a society that enjoys differences and not just one that homogenizes everything.”
- Ritchie Hawtin (032c - Aug. 22, 2024) https://032c.com/magazine/who-wants-to-be-a-human-jukebox-richie-hawtin
(1) 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 in Bali and Java.
