Village rituals

Village rituals Narquis Barak and Per Erik Eriksson.

"This original video shows three types of religious rituls perfomed in a rural village. The first is a Confucian-inspired ritual performed by village elders in the village's communal hall. The second is a meeting of the Buddhist pagoda association, a group composed primarily of older wom...

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Other Authors: Barak, Narquis, Eriksson, Per Erik
Format: Video VHS
Language:Vietnamese
Published: [s.l.] : Narquis Barak ; [199?]
Series:Vietnam ethnographic video series.
Subjects:
Ethnology.
Documentary films.
Videos > Dinand
TEMP REC VIDEO
Vietnam.
Holy Cross Note:Not yet commercially available, these videos are made available to the Holy Cross community through an exclusive arrangement with the filmmakers, Narquis Barak and Per Erik Eriksson.
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Summary:"This original video shows three types of religious rituls perfomed in a rural village. The first is a Confucian-inspired ritual performed by village elders in the village's communal hall. The second is a meeting of the Buddhist pagoda association, a group composed primarily of older women. The third is a sequence of spirit posession rituals. Teh video vividly demonstrates the complexity and eclecticism of Vietnam's tam giao, or triple religion -- Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism--as well as local beliefs."
Physical Description:1 videocassette (8 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Format:VHS.
Language:In Vietnamese with English subtitles.
Action Note:Record updated

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