1 option
Sky burial / a film by Ellen Bruno ; produced and directed by Ellen Bruno.
LIBRA DVD 001 199
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Death--Religious aspects--Buddhism.
- Death.
- Buddhist funeral rites and ceremonies--China--Tibet Autonomous Region.
- Buddhist funeral rites and ceremonies.
- China--Tibet Autonomous Region.
- Genre:
- Ethnographic films.
- Documentary films.
- Short films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (12 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Harriman, NY : Media Library, [2005?]
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC.
- digital
- optical
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- "... [F]ollows the ritual of 'jha-tor,' the giving of alms to birds in a northern Tibetan monastery, where the bodies of the dead are offered to the vultures as a final act of kindness to living beings ... The sky, or the universe, is where the sacred world lies. To merge with the sky after death is a holy event, one that replaces the sufferings of this world with peace."--Container sleeve.
- Notes:
- "This film is part of a trilogy ... "--Closing credits.
- Videodisc release of the documentary motion picture produced in 2005.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- OCLC:
- 62413242
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.