Description |
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 45 min.) |
Series |
Ethnographic Video Online, Volume 1 |
Summary |
This film records a 12 day ritual performed by Mambudiri Brahmins in Kerala, southwest India, in April 1975. This event was possibly the last performance of the Agnicayana, a Vedic ritual of sacrifice dating back 3,000 years and probably the oldest surviving human ritual |
Notes |
Title from title frames |
Event |
Originally produced by Documentary Educational Resources in 1976 |
Notes |
In English |
In |
Watertown, MA : Documentary Educational Resources (DER) |
Subject |
Streaming video.
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Internet videos.
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streaming video.
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Internet videos.
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Streaming video.
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Genre/Form |
Internet videos.
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Internet videos.
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Vidéos sur Internet.
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Form |
Streaming video
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Author |
Gardner, Robert, producer, author
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Staal, J. F., author, film director
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