Saddiq Pablo                     Surapsari Megumi

Presenters Bio:

Saddiq Pablo
Saddiq Pablo is an ordained non-denominational minister and a retreat guide in the Sufi Order International.  He has been teaching Sufi mysticism for over twenty five years.  He was a head of the Sufi Order in Puerto Rico and Maui, Hawaii.  Saddiq is also a Balinese mask dancer.  He co-founded a Balinese dance company, Purnama Sari and continues his dance studies with I Made Djimat, an internationally acknowledged master.  He received an initiation ceremony (mawinten) and spiritual name, Indra Sampranata from Ida Pedanda Temuku, a high priest from Tampaksiring.  Saddiq is also a musician and was a member of the Village Pulse, a drum ensemble in Maui.  He holds a Master’s degree in interdisciplinary studies from Lesley University in Massachusetts, U.S.A.  A great deal of his academic work was conducted in Bali and centered on temple dance, ethnographic studies, myth, and Jungian psychology.

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Surapsari Megumi
Surapsari Megumi is a teacher and lecturer on Balinese religion, culture, and dance.  She is also a Balinese dancer, playwright, choreographer, and published author.  Surapsari, long time resident of Bali, studied Balinese temple dance with internationally acclaimed masters from the villages of Ubud and Batuan.  The intense dance training she received invited her to search for the spiritual dimension of the dance, which culminated into the extensive study on Balinese cosmology.  She received an initiation ceremony (mawinten) and spiritual name, Surapsari from Ida Pedanda Temuku, a high priest in Tampaksiring, Bali.  Surapsari co-founded a Balinese dance company, Purnama Sari in 2000 and has been performing and teaching Balinese mysticism in the U.S. and Bali.  She obtained a Master’s degree in intercultural relations from Lesley University in Massachusetts, U.S.A.  She published “My Bali – memories of The Island of the Gods”, a collection of essays on Balinese dance, culture, and religion in Japan.  Surapsari also wrote, edited music, and designed costumes for original Balinese dance-dramas and presented them in the U.S.

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