Dangerous on the Way

Overview

Sensuous portrayal of the traditional harvesting of bird’s nests, a particularly dangerous and breathtaking ritual performed twice a year by the Orang Sungai people, at a height of over 120 meters — going up the summit of Simud Putih or the “White Cave” of Gomantong, Borneo. Dangerous on the Way focuses more specifically on the ekstasis this ritual induces, that physical and mental state described in Greek philosophy as being “outside oneself.”