Warak Keruron: Healing the mothers of lost souls

A short documentary that follows a ritual for collective trauma healing taking place in the seaside near Denpasar (Bali) from its initial preparation to the release of symbols of Balinese Hinduism beliefs into the sea. This ritual was initiated by a person with lived experience of mental illness to facilitate the cleansing of the mothers and fathers who have experienced miscarriage or abortion.

This short film is part of “Together for Mental Health”, an interdisciplinary collaborative visual research project in Ghana and Indonesia, which explores examples of collaboration between mental health workers and traditional and faith-based healers and their impact on preventing human rights abuse and improving care for people living with mental illness.