| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 45 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound |
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digital |
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video file MPEG-4 Flash |
| Note |
Title from title frames. |
| Event |
Originally produced by Documentary Educational Resources in 1976. |
| 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. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Language |
In English. |
| Subject |
Nambudiris.
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Cultural change and history.
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Linguistics.
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Anthropology.
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Vedas.
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Religion.
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Rites and ceremonies.
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| Added Author |
Gardner, Robert, 1925-2014, producer, author.
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Staal, J. F., author, film director.
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Kanopy (Firm)
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| Music No. |
1048846 Kanopy |
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