Krishna in Spring

Synopsis

'Holi’, the Indian festival of spring, retells through music and dance the story of the life of Krishna, the Indian god of love and the arts. Krishna is portrayed through poetry and songs, dance drama and painting, against a background of scenes from places such as Mathura, Brindaban and Barana, which are related to the life of Krishna. ‘Holi’ provides a link between the past and the present folk religions of India. Most of the musical scenes in this film come from actual temple ceremonies revealing the importance of music in the social and religious life of the Hindus.

Series

Music and Society: Asian Insights, Series

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min.

Year of production

198

Availability

Sale; 1995 sale: £25.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Subjects

Anthropology; Music

Keywords

ethnomusicology; Hinduism; Krishna; religious festivals

Distributor

Name

World Microfilms

Contact

Stephen Albert

Email

microworld@ndirect.co.uk

Web

http://www.microworld.uk.com/ External site opens in new window

Phone

020 7586 4499

Fax

020 7722 1068

Address

PO Box 35488
St John’s Wood
London
NW8 6WD

Notes

World Microfilms distributes the Audio Forum collection of CDs for language learning and the Sussex Tapes library of video and audio material for sixth form and undergraduate teaching. The Sussex Tapes collection concentrates on the areas of English, history and music. Architecture programmes from the Masters of Architecture and Pidgeon Digital (qv) series of slides are sold on DVD as well as being accessible online via subscription.