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Dusgart or Hindu head shaving.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hindus--Rites and ceremonies.
- Hindus.
- Head shaving--Religious aspects.
- Head shaving.
- Death--Religious aspects--Hinduism.
- Death.
- Azerbaijan--Religious life and customs.
- Azerbaijan.
- Genre:
- Television news programs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (30 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- Trinidad and Tobago : Banyan Archive, 1989.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- Pickup loaded with bamboo arrives; Kumar Mahabir introduces the feature; A relative of the deceased being shaven; Shaven relative participates in ritual with pandit, Rajaram Maharaj; Head being shaved; More ritual with the pandit, Rajaram Maharaj; Devotee washes the rice ball into the river signifying the dissolution of the human body; Further ritual with devotee and pandit Rajaram Maharaj; Devotee lets offering drift into the river; Relatives pile gifts and offerings in front of pandit; Kumar Mahabir interviews the pandit, Rajaram Maharaj; Kumar Mahabir interviews the pandit, Rajaram Maharaj.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed August 26, 2019).
- OCLC:
- 1119626639
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