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Films
4 Films
Keywords
“Shamans and Shamanism”
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Series
“0”
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Colour / Black and white
“Colour”
x
films with a digital version
4
short films
1
Region
South Asia
1
South-East Asia
3
Country
China
1
India
1
Indonesia
2
Keywords
Education / Knowledge transmission
1
Health / Health care / Healing
2
Inter-religious relations
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
2
Ritual
1
Shamans and Shamanism
4
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Directors
Balikci, Anna
1
Cai, Hua
1
Chabamier, Gabriel
1
Chabanier, Gabriel
1
Journet, Martine
2
Lepcha, Dawa
1
Nougarol, Gérard
2
Series
not set
4
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Country of production
China
1
France
2
India
1
Year of production
1999
1
2002
1
2005
1
2011
1
Colour / Black and white
Film list
Daba – Portrait of a Na Shaman
1999
40
‘
Directed by
Hua Cai
.
After more than a quarter of a century without any form of religious ceremony, the Na, an ethnic group living on the Himalayan plateau, began openly practising their religion again in the early
South-East Asia
Education / Knowledge transmission
Religion / Belief / Faith
Shamans and Shamanism
Gods and Satans
2005
87
‘
Directed by
Martine Journet
Gérard Nougarol
Gabriel Chabanier
.
Among the Wana people, semi nomads from the Indonesian (Sulawesi) forest, Indo Pino is a shaman recognized by everybody. Her nephew, who is also a shaman’s son, converted to Christianity some
South-East Asia
Religion / Belief / Faith
Shamans and Shamanism
Inter-religious relations
Indo Pino
2002
84
‘
Directed by
Martine Journet
Gérard Nougarol
Gabriel Chabamier
.
The small ethnic group of the Wana Wewaju live in Indonesia in the eastern part of Sulawesi (Celebes Island) among the dense equatorial rain forest of the Tokkala Mountains. The film documents the
South-East Asia
Shamans and Shamanism
Health / Health care / Healing
Ritual Journeys
2011
75
‘
Directed by
Dawa Lepcha
Anna Balikci
.
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
South Asia
Ritual
Shamans and Shamanism
Health / Health care / Healing