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Madari : the snake charmer / produced, directed, photographed, and edited by Alex M. Goldman.
Penn Museum Library - Media DVD DS432.M12 M33 2006
Available
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Madari--India--Gujarat.
- Madari.
- Snake charmers--India--Gujarat.
- Snake charmers.
- Ethnology--India--Gujarat.
- Ethnology.
- Caste--India--Gujarat.
- Caste.
- Dhrangadhra (India)--Social life and customs.
- Dhrangadhra (India).
- Ethnographic films.
- Documentary films.
- India--Gujarat.
- Genre:
- Ethnographic films.
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (28 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Snake charmer
- Place of Publication:
- Watertown, MA : Documentary Educational Resources [distributor], 2006.
- System Details:
- DVD-R.
- digital
- optical
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- A short ethnographic documentary outlining the family history and magical roots of a group of nomadic snake charmers called Madari. They live in an enclave called Vadipara on the outskirts of Dhrangadhra, Gujarat, India and belong to a sub-caste of the Untouchable caste.
- Participant:
- Narrator, Renu Rajpal.
- Credits:
- Principal ethnographer: Dr. Jayasinhji "Bapa" Jhala.
- Notes:
- "As told by Sauji Nath"--Credits.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- OCLC:
- 135462938
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