Ethnography

A Passage in Time

Film is on historical progression & aesthetics of sculptural tradition of ancient Assam.

Dancing Death Away

This documentary tells the story of a remote village in Purulia in eastern part of India. Crammed into a mini truck, a “Chhau Dancer’s “troupe (39 members), with large musical drums and delicate masks. Were travelling back to their village after a late night performance in nearby industrial town. The vehicle was speeding recklessly along the highway. It lost control killing 7 members of the troupe instantly gravely injuring the rest of the villagers took an oath to reconstruct the troupe as a tribute to the dead.

The Wind In The Maruwa Field

An ethnographic documentary on the TOTO tribe of West Bengal, one of the smallest primitive tribes of India having a population of 1400 odd. They stay in Totopara village near Bhutan border of West Bengal.

The Monpas of Arunachal

A film on Monpas Tribe of Arunachal Pradesh.

NM0431 : Thakurani Jatra - Procession of Goddess Kali

This film is about the unique ethnic rituals observed in summer nights by the people of Ganjam district in south Orissa. This is popularly known as Thakurani Jatra that is procession of goddess Kali, the supreme primordial energy of the universe.

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