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    Dukun Beranak: Indonesia's Birth Witchdoctors

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    The document discusses birth witchdoctors in Indonesia, who have served as midwives for centuries in rural areas lacking access to modern healthcare. It profiles a current birth witchdoctor named Siti who continues the family tradition, building close emotional ties with clients and offering affordable services, attending births in clients' homes. The documentary will follow Siti and a pregnant client through the prenatal and birth process, examining the role these witchdoctors still play both medically and culturally for some communities in Indonesia.

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    The document discusses birth witchdoctors in Indonesia, who have served as midwives for centuries in rural areas lacking access to modern healthcare. It profiles a current birth witchdoctor named Siti who continues the family tradition, building close emotional ties with clients and offering affordable services, attending births in clients' homes. The documentary will follow Siti and a pregnant client through the prenatal and birth process, examining the role these witchdoctors still play both medically and culturally for some communities in Indonesia.

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    The document discusses birth witchdoctors in Indonesia, who have served as midwives for centuries in rural areas lacking access to modern healthcare. It profiles a current birth witchdoctor named Siti who continues the family tradition, building close emotional ties with clients and offering affordable services, attending births in clients' homes. The documentary will follow Siti and a pregnant client through the prenatal and birth process, examining the role these witchdoctors still play both medically and culturally for some communities in Indonesia.

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    Dukun Beranak: Indonesia's Birth Witchdoctors

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    Verene Ysabell Litenia -
    The document discusses birth witchdoctors in Indonesia, who have served as midwives for centuries in rural areas lacking access to modern healthcare. It profiles a current birth witchdoctor named Siti who continues the family tradition, building close emotional ties with clients and offering affordable services, attending births in clients' homes. The documentary will follow Siti and a pregnant client through the prenatal and birth process, examining the role these witchdoctors still play both medically and culturally for some communities in Indonesia.

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    Dukun Beranak: Indonesia’s Birth

    Witchdoctors

    Location: Kelurahan Pasuluhan, Walantaka, Kota Serang, Banten.


    Length: 15-18 Minutes
    Shoot Dates: 2020
    Host: —

    Overview
    Dukun Beranak or Birth Witchdoctors has been around in Indonesia’s
    culture and tradition for centuries. From the time period of when the Dutch
    colonized Indonesia until now for people in rural areas who still don’t
    believe in modern science. Back then, it was not just for the local women
    who uses the services of a witchdoctor but also the women of European
    descent who reside outside large cities and were far from the reach of
    health clinics/workers. The limited education and number of medical staffs
    at the time made these Dukun Beranak have important positions and roles
    in the delivery of childbirth.

    VICE INDONESIA 1
    Narrative
    What makes Birth Witchdoctors different than real doctors is in terms of
    the customer service they give to patients. They are known to build
    emotional ties with their patients and have a sense of grandmother’s
    figure. Witchdoctors usually reside near the patient’s home or who live just
    by the neighborhood, this is why they can come to the patient’s home
    whenever they are needed. It is through this type of service that makes the
    patient feel guarded and secured. Not to forget the tremendous difference
    in the price range they offer.

    Beat 1: The Origin

    Picture: 4 Witchdoctors in early 1900.

    Going back in time to explain the history of witchdoctors.

    VICE INDONESIA 2
    Beat 2: The Witchdoctor

    Picture: Siti Halimah, a Birth Witchdoctor.

    We interview Siti who is a Birth Witchdoctor and go into her daily life to
    find out how she became a witchdoctor, this is when she’ll talk about her
    grandmother, mother, and sister who is also a witchdoctor. She then will
    explain the process in the delivery of a child. The stories that she has from
    customers and why she thinks people still use her instead of birth clinics.

    VICE INDONESIA 3
    Beat 3: The Soon To Be Mother

    We get an interviewee who is pregnant and who will be using the service
    of a witchdoctor. We will be there on her journey until the birth of her
    child. We will explore her financial state and her take and opinions on
    witchdoctors.

    Beat 4: The Service

    VICE INDONESIA 4
    Emphasizing on the work that a witchdoctor does to service and care for
    her patient. The techniques and the tools. In this scene, she will also talk
    about her financial state and her portfolio a bit more.

    Beat 5: The Date of Birth

    We will document the child after it is born, the smiles and the little faint of
    cries it’ll show. How the mother is doing and the process the witchdoctor
    does in the post-birth service to the mother and child.

    VICE INDONESIA 5

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