Document:Q11187
From Rhizome Artbase
It's all about hypnosis. The trance state that is induced before the Rangda/Barong ritual. Where participants stage the battle between the mythic beasts and the witch. Under her spell, the very real dancers stab themselves with daggers, and this restores the balance in nature for the community.
This is my trance enducing ritual, as well as my appeal to the gods.