EXHUMA (2024) Yang Pertama soal perdukunan memang bukan cuma milik Indonesia. Yang memang tiap daerah atau Negara punya kepercayaan yang beragam sehingga upacara dan praktik ritual spiritualnya pun berbeda-beda. Doa atau mantranya berbeda, ada yang pakai tari-tarian, ada yang pakai acara kesurupan. Selalu menarik membandingkan – melihat perbedaan dan mungkin ada sedikit kesamaan – antara ritual kepercayaan di tempat lain dengan di tempat kita. Apalagi Exhuma karya Jae-hyun Jang dari Korea Selatan ini tidak hanya bicara tentang klenik pengusiran setan. Melainkan, menjadikan elemen supernatural itu sebagai titik awal penggalian historis kebangsaan mereka. Jadi bukan hanya soal ritual perdukunan yang bisa kita dibandingkan di film horor ini. Setiap daerah, setiap bangsa, punya luka – punya koreng yang jika bisa jangan sampai tergaruk kembali – yang berbeda-beda. Pasangan dukun pengusir hantu harus bekerja sama dengan seorang pengurus jenazah dan ahli geomancer (dari film ini aku baru tahu...
An alter ego is a second-self created by the individual–usually to live out a better version of the self. In comic books, Bruce Wayne runs his business during the day, and Peter Parker works as a photographer for the Daily Bugle. However, they each have a crime-fighting alter-ego who makes an appearance when needed. Wayne has Batman and Parker has Spider-man. Pop artists are also known for their alter-egos. After all, apart from their talent, they’re just regular people. But when they’re on stage they need to appear to be larger than life. Many times, they do this by creating elaborate personas for themselves. Here are two examples: British singer and songwriter David Bowie had several alter egos, but the most famous was Ziggy Stardust—a humanoid alien. Ziggy allowed Bowie to distance himself from the boy from Beckenham and become fearless. A few years back, American singer and songwriter Beyoncé Knowles created an alter ego which she named Sasha Fierce. She described Sasha as be...