Before the ceremony, the practitioner checks the offerings carefully.

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Learn More T he men feel nothing when the dance is over, says Sarwo Edi, spiritual Jaranan practitioner.

In this part of East Java, just off of Ijen a volcano spewing blue fire and sulfur the Jaranan is an intense ritual of spiritual passion and trance-induced savagery.

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On one side, the band prepared to play, on the other, spectators had come to watch.

Sarwo Edi was a spiritual practitioner at the event, responsible for putting the dancers into and taking them out of their trances.

The practitioner still has to do rituals and meditation every Malam Jumat Legi, Sarwo Edi says.

They have to put offerings seven colored flowers, cups of sweet and bitter coffee, small traditional market cakes next to where they usually perform.

Sampling Jaranan