Learning on ScreenRitual 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
Distributor
- Name
Royal Anthropological Institute
- Contact
- Susanne Hammacher (Film Officer)
- film@therai.org.uk
- Web
- https://www.therai.org.uk/film/film-sales External site opens in new window
- 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.
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