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Title Compass: Bali High Wedding
Published Australia : ABC, 2011
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Summary For most mothers, organising a lavish wedding is stressful enough, but what if you are also an Australian born Balinese royal princess expected to supervise complex Hindu traditions stretching back centuries?Compass follows Princess Jero Asri Kerthyasa (formerly 'Plain Jane' Gillespie from Sydney) for the royal wedding preparations for her son, twenty nine-year-old Prince Tjok Gus. The bride to be is Happy Salma, adored Indonesian TV 'soapie' star. The traditional wedding rituals she's taking part in at the Royal Palace of Ubud are a whole new world for Happy, a Muslim from Java.Supervising proceedings at the palace is the head of the Royal House of Kerthyasa, Asri's husband, Prince Tjokorda Raka. As the youngest son of his father's tenth wife, the Prince was expected to marry within the Balinese Royal Family. Prince Tjokorda Raka refused to bow to family pressure and in 1978 made an Australian commoner, Jane Gillespie, a Balinese princess. As the Royal Family prepare for the Big Day it becomes clear that for this Balinese royal house 'balancing cultures' is a fine art. The groom, like his royal brother and sister, grew up largely in the northern suburbs of Sydney, and he's as comfortable in the Palace as 'Prince Tjok Gus', as he is being just 'Max' with his mates down south on Bali's surf coast.After Balinese mystics are called in to prevent rainstorms, the wedding day dawns and before thousands of guests, the two are married. Set against the backdrop of Bali's high society, Bali High Wedding is a heady mix of love and fairytales across cultural divides. PRODUCTION DETAILSCompass: Bali High Wedding is a Roar Film production in association with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Screen Tasmania. Director and Writer: Varcha Sidwell; Producers: Kath Symmons and Stephen Thomas; ABC TV Commissioning Editor: Chris Thorburn; Compass Executive Producer: Rose Hesp
Event Broadcast 2011-07-24 at 22:00:00
Notes Classification: G
Subject Balinese (Indonesian people) -- Social life and customs.
Royal weddings.
Weddings -- Economic aspects.
Weddings -- Planning.
Indonesia -- Bali (Province)
Form Streaming video
Author Doogue, Geraldine, host
Gde, Tjok, contributor
Gus, Tjok, contributor
Kerthyasa, Jero Asri, contributor
Raka, Tjokorda, contributor
Salma, Happy, contributor