Totem

The film Pesta Babi explores neo-totemism. The relationship with animals opens up new horizons for modern human knowledge and imagination.

Tempo

June 1, 2026

May my beasts guide me

~ Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra

WHY do humans keep animals around? According to anthropologist Bronisław Malinowski, it is because animals are delicious.

Yet the pigs depicted in the 51,000-year-old cave in Maros-Pangkep do not appear to be food. There are scenes depicting interactions between humans and animals, and when compared with other prehistoric cave paintings, they give the impression that animals are mythi

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