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Tao, meaning ‘the way’, was a word the Chinese used more than two thousand years ago ‘to explain the unexplainable’ - the relationship of man to the universe. Taoism lies at the root of almost all...
The Baird Lectures were founded in 1873. They are delivered every four years by a Church of Scotland minister nominated by the Baird Trustees. The lecturer, the Reverend Ronald Falconer, was a former head of...
Father Steinmetz, an expert on the North American Indian, talks about the significance of peace pipes.
Ramdev, a medieval martial hero and saint of western India, has become the focus of a miracle cult spread by a growing body of folk music. The film follows a group of Hindus on pilgrimage from Bombay to...
The people of the Bolivian highlands blend in thought and practice the religion of their ancestors and that of their conquerors. A fatal automobile accident, coincident with the festival of Santiago,...
Shows healing and religion amongst the Barolong, a Bantu tribe of South Africa. Christianity has combined with ancestor worship, and churchgoers secretly use witch doctors when in trouble. In black South...
About a community of Kurds resident in Iran on the border with Iraq, man of whom are refugees from Kurdish areas of Iraq. The distinguishing feature of this particular community is that its members are...
Looks at the help which Singhalese of all religions in Sri Lanka, including Buddhists, Hindus, Moslems and Christians, are increasingly seeking from Kataragama, an ancient Hindu god. Once a year there is a...
Focuses on the role of the shaman (Dedeheiw in this case) in curing his Yanomamo co-villagers and sending sickness to enemy villages. The use of hallucinogenic snuff is shown in its daily context....
A study of traditional Chinese religion and custom, presented in the form of rather short sequences from a wide range of domestic, monastic and communal rituals. Made in Hong Kong.
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