A dancer roars, imitating a tiger, as he gets possesed by spirit that is believed as a tiger during a traditional dance perfomance in Cangkringan, Sleman, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, July 2, 2011. The trance dance perfomance is a part of ritual that held by villagers on the slope of Merapi volcano. In Javanese philosophy, there are two worlds that human should deal with; macrocosm and microcosm. Macrocosm deals with spirituality and mystery, whereas microcosm deals with reality and physic. The aim of life is to harmonize the both. Javanism is a way of living, merely like Hinduism or Buddhism. It is a thought that stresses on inner peace, balance and harmony and it contains complete tools to interpret life whether it is the Sein (Being) or the Werden (Becoming).
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