The Shadow
Even at night time, the Wana shamans from the Sulawesi see the “shadow” in each of us. For them, this “shadow” , which the sun defines on the ground during the day is a spiritually constitutive part of ourselves. It’s by observing the overall aspect of this “shadow” that the Wana shamans diagnose the sickness that is striking. The traditional role of the Wana shamans is to take back this “spirit body”(that spirits steal from human beings to feed on) from these same malevolent spirits who live in the forest (the “Mayasa”-spirits) to insufflate it in the ailing body and to bring back health this way. This time, the patient Claudia from France, entrusted her with her illness and suffering. However, will she be able to heal her from so far away ?
Directors
Gerard Nougarol
Since 1990, Martine Journet & Gerard Nougarol has started their researches on local Shamanism and Shamans in Sulawesi, Indonesia. The film “lndo Pino” grew to be their accumulated efforts on Wana people's Shamanism for ten years, and won them the first prize in the “Bilan du Film Ethnographique” in Paris, March 2002.
Martine Journet
Since 1990, Martine Journet & Gerard Nougarol has started their researches on local Shamanism and Shamans in Sulawesi, Indonesia. The film “lndo Pino” grew to be their accumulated efforts on Wana people's Shamanism for ten years, and won them the first prize in the “Bilan du Film Ethnographique” in Paris, March 2002.