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  1. Cosmic Dance of Shiva, The (199 Video)

    Subject
    Anthropology; Dance
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., £25.00 (+VAT + p&p)

    Shiva, the Hindu god of creation, is also the lord of dancers. The timeless quality of Indian art is shown here through Shiva’s dance, which emphasises the unity of all creative activities of man, whether...

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  2. Report on the public inquiry into the future of Bhaktivedanta Manor (1995)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Clodagh Kennedy reports on the first day of a public inquiry into the future of Bhaktivedanta Manor, a Hindu Temple in Hertfordshire. Philip Copland, Managing Director of Hertsmere Borough Council, speaks...

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  3. Adaptable Kingdom, The: Music and Dance in Nepal (1994)

    Director
    Deben Bhattacharya
    Producer
    Deben Bhattacharya
    Subject
    Anthropology; Dance; Music
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 30 minutes), £19.95

    A film on the Hindu kingdom in the Himalayas where tribal animism, Buddhism and Hinduism live in harmony. In the folklore of Nepal, religious mask dances accompanied by the sound of large barrel drums...

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  4. Waves of Joy: Anandalahari (1994 Video)

    Director
    Deben Bhattacharya
    Producer
    Deben Bhattacharya
    Subject
    Anthropology; Music
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1995 sale: £29.95 (+VAT +p&p)

    The religious itinerant B‚ul poets and singers come from the Hindu and Muslim communities of Bengal. They communicate their faith and philosophy through songs, dances and instrumental music. The film was...

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  5. Isle of Temples, The: Bali (1994 Video)

    Director
    Deben Bhattacharya
    Producer
    Deben Bhattacharya
    Subject
    Anthropology; Dance; Drama; Music
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1995 sale: £29.95 (+VAT +p&p)

    Shows the day-to-day life of the islanders of Bali, a Hindu island - their folksongs, gamelan orchestras and dance dramas. The temple is the focal point of each village where the villagers gather for...

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  6. Four Holy Men: Renunciation in Hindu Society (197 Film)

    Producer
    Mira Reym Binford; Michael Camerini
    Subject
    Religious studies
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Focuses on four Sadhus (holy men) as a means of portraying the variety of devotional paths open to religious Hindus and examining the Sadhus’ role in present-day Indian society. The bulk of the film...

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  7. Raga (198 Video)

    Subject
    Anthropology; Music
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1995 sale: £25.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Opens with Yehudi Menuhin playing a record of the morning raga ‘Ahira Bhairava’ and shows musicians playing the same raga in their city of Jaipur in Rajasthan. Shows how the complex raga system is...

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  8. Shaktima No Veh (2006)

    Director
    Jayasinhji Jhala
    Subject
    Anthropology; Drama; Religious studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1, 60 minutes), $195.00

    The Goddess Shaktima is the most popular goddess in the region of Saurashtra (Western India) known as Jhalavad. This documentary presents the story of Shaktima as performed by the traditional muslim Bhavai...

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  9. Indian Miracle, The (2008)

    Subject
    Development studies; Economics; Geography; Social sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1, 49 minutes), $295.00

    The new India has a high-tech, highly-skilled economy growing at an incredible nine per cent a year. Its universities are churning out thousands of highly qualified science and computer graduates working in...

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