Keepers of the faith : the Buddhist nuns of Sagaing Hills / written and produced by Hiroko Kawanami.

In the Sagaing Hills, 12 miles from the ancient capital of Mandalay are hundreds of pagodas, stupas, monasteries and nunneries which form a focal point of worship for Buddhism in Burma. In 1986 the filmmaker used to live for 15 months as a nun in the Thameikdaw Gaung nunnery. Some years later she is...

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Other Authors: Kawanami, Hiroko (Director, Producer)
Format: Video
Language:English
Published: London, UK : Royal Anthropological Institute, 1996.
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