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Films
4 Films
Region
“South-East Asia”
x
Keywords
“Shamans and Shamanism”
x
films with a digital version
4
short films
1
Region
South-East Asia
4
x
Country
China
2
Indonesia
2
Keywords
Education / Knowledge transmission
1
Health / Health care / Healing
1
Inter-religious relations
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
2
Ritual
1
Rural
1
Shamans and Shamanism
4
x
Social Organisation
1
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
1
Directors
Cai, Hua
1
Chabamier, Gabriel
1
Chabanier, Gabriel
1
Curling, Chris
1
Journet, Martine
2
Moser, Brian
1
Nougarol, Gérard
2
Series
Disappearing World Series
1
not set
3
Country of production
China
1
France
2
United Kingdom
1
Year of production
1972
1
1999
1
2002
1
2005
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
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
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