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  1. Puja Pantai

    Date released
    8 Oct 1956
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1427
    NoS ID
    021241
    Story no
    6 / 9

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Puja Pantai (Festival of Prayer - Held Every 7 Years). DESCRIPTION: Held every seven years by Malay fisher folk, Puja Pantai is a festival of prayer and thanksgiving to the Spirit of...

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  2. Death Ritual of Dhardo Rimpoche, The (1991 Video)

    Subject
    Anthropology; Religious studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 42 min., 1998 sale: £34.00 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    Records the funeral of Dhardo Riompoche, a highly regarded Buddhist lama. Hundreds of people were involved in the traditional Tibetan death ritual. Shows ten minutes of the Rimpoche performing a puja for...

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  3. India - Bengali Religious Festival

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    Date released
    Apr 1973
    Series name
    Roundabout
    Issue no
    131
    NoS ID
    328144
    Story no
    4 / 4

    COI synopsis: The Indian festival of Durga Puja.

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  4. Jains, The: A Religious Community in India (1985 Video)

    Director
    Marcus Banks; Caroline Humphrey; James Laidlaw
    Subject
    Anthropology; Religious studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Looks at life of the Jain community in the city of Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. Description of ancient and modern temples. Interviews with monks and nuns, and with believers who come to the temple to make...

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  5. Wages of Action, The: Religion in a Hindu Village (1988 Video)

    Producer
    Charles Cooper
    Subject
    Religious studies
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min.

    Looks at a rage of Hindu activities in a North India village: rituals performed by different castes, an exorcism sequence, a wedding ritual, a Sattya Narain puja, a pilgrimage to the Ganges, and a variety of...

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  6. Diya (2002)

    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL NTSC, 55 minutes), £50.00 +VAT +p&p

    A diya is a small terra cotta oil lamp used throughout India in Hindu ceremonies. The film follows the life history of an object through the every day experience of people who make, sell and use it in the...

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  7. 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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