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Films
2 Films
Region
“South-East Asia”
x
Country
“China”
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Keywords
“Shamans and Shamanism”
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films with a digital version
2
short films
1
Region
South-East Asia
2
x
Country
China
2
x
Keywords
Education / Knowledge transmission
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
1
Ritual
1
Rural
1
Shamans and Shamanism
2
x
Social Organisation
1
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
1
Directors
Cai, Hua
1
Curling, Chris
1
Moser, Brian
1
Series
Disappearing World Series
1
not set
1
Country of production
China
1
United Kingdom
1
Year of production
1972
1
1999
1
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
The Meo
1972
52
‘
Directed by
Brian Moser
Chris Curling
.
Over the last three thousand years the Meo (Miao or Hmong) have migrated south from north and central China to avoid oppression and protect their way of life. Today they live in scattered mountain
South-East Asia
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
Shamans and Shamanism
Ritual
Social Organisation
Rural