Critical Thinking about Balinese Culture, Potong Gigi, Tooth Filing Ceremony
1. Read over the Background Information regarding the Potong Gigi (Tooth-Filing ceremony) below, then watch the following video of it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=JkHU-f9uBbs&feature=emb_title
2. Write a 250-300 word essay reacting in a fact-based, objective way to the Potong Gigi Tooth-Filing ceremony.
3. Think critically (meaning be objective) about what you saw and heard, especially the ceremonial use of gamelan music; draw on what you have learned about in Chapter 7 of your textbook and Module 6 mini-lectures.
4. Some questions you might address are:
What are your thoughts about the ceremony itself?
Can you draw parallels between this coming-of-age ceremony and others that you may be familiar with?
How does music contribute to the ceremony (this will require some creative interpretation on your part and evaluation of any ethnocentrism)?
