Ritual Journeys

Synopsis

The film is an intimate portrait of Merayk, an 80 years old Lepcha shaman or Padim. Merayk lives with his family in Dzongu, a Lepcha reserve in North Sikkim. He performs healing rituals for individuals as well as rituals for the well-being of the household, the clan and his village community. Cameraman Dawa Lepcha followed Meyrak and recorded his daily life and rituals between 2003 and 2007.

Language

English

Country

India

Year of release

2011

Notes

In Lepcha with English subtitles

Subjects

Anthropology

Keywords

religious rituals; rituals; shamans

Credits

Director

Dawa T Lepcha

Distribution Formats

Type

DVD

Format

Region 0 PAL

Price

£50.00

Availability

Sale

Duration/Size

75 minutes

Year

2012

Production Company

Name

Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, Ganktok, Sikkim

Distributor

Name

Royal Anthropological Institute

Contact

Susanne Hammacher (Film Officer)

Email

film@therai.org.uk

Web

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Phone

020 7387 0455

Fax

020 7388 8817

Address

50 Fitzroy Street
London
W1T 5BT

Notes

The Institute sells more than 250 anthropology and ethnology titles on video and DVD, including some produced by students and staff of the Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology. There is also a large library of internationally produced film and video productions from which items may be borrowed within the UK.