FILM DOKUMENTER “BENA NA NA PIA NA NA NA’A” PADA TRADISI MEMBANGUN RUMAH SUKU BENA

Bena tribe which originally from Nusa Tenggara Timur is one of the tribe that survive with its own tradition until today. One of their belief is a symbol of their house as a human. Thus, their houses have given name. Every house represents female or male. Since they start to design the house up to finalize the building process, it has 17 steps. Every step has its particular ritual, if they do mistake on the development  process, Bena Belief they will experience the disaster. Their custom is never well- documented, therefore Bena Na Na Pia Na Na Na’a as a documentary film  is designed as a visual archive in the form of video. The artistic research methods using qualitative approach. The data collection used ethic and emic observation, semi structured interview, and visual recording data. The result was analyzed and interpreted as a script, then collaborated using visual data to be a documenter film which inform the ritual, belief and development process of Bena Traditional House