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Banaras Muharram and the coals of Karbala / producer, Marc J. Katz.
LIBRA DVD 001 184
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tenth of Muḥarram.
- Shīʻah--India--Customs and practices.
- Shīʻah.
- Karbalāʾ, Battle of, Karbalāʾ, Iraq, 680.
- Ḥusayn ibn ʻAlī, -680.
- Ḥusayn ibn ʻAlī.
- India.
- Genre:
- Ethnographic films.
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (71 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Madison, WI : Center for South Asia, [2004]
- System Details:
- DVD.
- digital
- optical
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- In Banaras the annual Muharram festival recalls Imam Husayn, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, his horse, and his followers who died in the battle at Karbala (in present day Iraq) in 680 CE.
- Credits:
- Photography, Staffan Winbergh.
- Notes:
- "Project leader, academic content, text, speaker: Marc J. Katz."--end credits.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- OCLC:
- 57674433
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