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Kali worship. Tape 3, Firepass / produced by Banyan Productions.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kālī (Hindu deity).
- Kālī.
- Hinduism--Rituals.
- Hinduism.
- Hinduism--Trinidad and Tobago.
- Trinidad and Tobago--Religious life and customs.
- Trinidad and Tobago.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Unedited footage.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (21 minutes)
- Other Title:
- Kali worship Firepass Tape 3
- Place of Publication:
- Trinidad and Tobago : Banyan Archive, 1989.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- Trinidad & Tobago is one of the few places in the New World where worship of the Hindu Goddess, Kali, is so accessible. Involving the legendary 'Fire-pass' (walking over a pit of glowing coals) ceremony, possession rituals and Healing ceremonies, in this documentary the presenter and the camera become players and participants as this dramatic and fascinating devotion to one of the most ancient of deities plays out in the context of one of the most multi-cultural societies in the world.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed August 8, 2022).
- OCLC:
- 1344517103
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