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Title:
Altar of fire / Film Study Center, Harvard University ; produced by Robert Gardner and Frits Staal.
Publisher:
University of CaliforniaExtension Media Center,
Copyright Date:
between 1990 and 1999?
Description:
1 videocassette (45 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Subject:
Nambudiris--Kerala--Kerala--Rites and ceremonies.
Hinduism--Customs and practices.
Rites and ceremonies--Kerala.--Kerala.
Sacrifice--Hinduism.
Other Authors:
Gardner, Robert, 1925-2014. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81048959
Staal, Frits. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81066911
Harvard University. Film Study Center. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81040753
University of California (System). Extension Media Center. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82052573
Notes:
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1976.
Summary:
The film chronicles a Nambudiri Brahmin community in southwest India as they chant and prepare for an ancient Vedic sacrificial ritual, to be performed for perhaps the last time.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)33922529
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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