Sacred space [videorecording] / director, camera, Kaushik Gupta Ray ; The Public Service Broadcasting Trust supported by the Films Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India presents ; producer & commissioning editor, Rajiv Mehrotra.
Format:
[videorecording] /
Publisher:
Public Service Broadcasting Trust,
Copyright Date:
2011
Description:
1 videodisc of 1 (DVD) (ca. 52 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Copyright notice on disc: PSBT, Film Division. Summary taken from container.
Summary:
The Manipur valley in North East India is home to Maibis, the only living representatives of the ancient Meitei culture that was prevalent in the valley before the advent of Vaishnavite Hinduism. After undergoing rigorous training in an institution known as the Loisang, which could stretch for even two decades, the Maibis are mandated to fulfill the role of healers and to preserve and transmit traditional knowledge of the environment, with which an intricate system of dependency had been built over millennia. The Film attempts to explore the role that the Maibis have played and are playing, their relevance and the threat to their very existence posed by the forces of 'development' and patriarchal mindsets.
Series:
Open frame
OCLC:
(OCoLC)841567870
LCCN:
2012339215
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.