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Mahasona. Death time / by Barrie Machin.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- Undetermined
- Subjects (All):
- Exorcism--Sri Lanka.
- Exorcism.
- Demonology--Sri Lanka.
- Demonology.
- Rites and ceremonies--Sri Lanka.
- Rites and ceremonies.
- Folklore--Sri Lanka.
- Folklore.
- Sri Lanka--Social life and customs.
- Sri Lanka.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Ethnographic films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (181 minutes)
- Other Title:
- Maha sona
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : Privately Published, 2014.
- Language Note:
- Undetermined language.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- Mahasona: A complex ritual involving many gifts to the gods and the whole demon army in a series of masked dances and comic performances. Screened at the Australian Anthropological Conference 27-30 August 1984. A relatively unedited version will be provided in keeping with the idea of visual archaeology and the idea of using full length rituals in teaching. An account of the ritual by Michael Egan will be made available.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed October 14, 2021).
- OCLC:
- 1285136494
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