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Bula Mata (Eye Lashes)
produced by Tonny Trimarsanto, fl. 2007-2011, Privately Published (Privately Published, 2016), 1 hour 1 mins
The film Bulu Mata, or Eyelashes (English translation) which is 60 minutes long, is the story about the life of Transgenders living in Aceh Indonesia, near the northern end of Sumatra. There are 10 indigenous ethnic groups in this region, the largest being the Acehnese people, accounting for approximately 80 to...
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produced by Tonny Trimarsanto, fl. 2007-2011, Privately Published (Privately Published, 2016), 1 hour 1 mins
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The film Bulu Mata, or Eyelashes (English translation) which is 60 minutes long, is the story about the life of Transgenders living in Aceh Indonesia, near the northern end of Sumatra. There are 10 indigenous ethnic groups in this region, the largest being the Acehnese people, accounting for approximately 80 to 90% of the region's population. Aceh is thought to have been the place where the spread of Islam in Indonesia began, and where the spre...
The film Bulu Mata, or Eyelashes (English translation) which is 60 minutes long, is the story about the life of Transgenders living in Aceh Indonesia, near the northern end of Sumatra. There are 10 indigenous ethnic groups in this region, the largest being the Acehnese people, accounting for approximately 80 to 90% of the region's population. Aceh is thought to have been the place where the spread of Islam in Indonesia began, and where the spread of Islam in South East Asia also originates. The Transgenders have their own personal hopes and dreams for a fulfilled and satisfying life. However, people in Aceh often label LGBT as criminals, mentally ill and prostitutes. This hour-long documentary is a conversation about the Transgenders living in Aceh, from their perspective.
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Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Tonny Trimarsanto, fl. 2007-2011, Privately Published
Date Published / Released
2016
Publisher
Privately Published
Topic / Theme
Discrimination, Homophobia, Transgenderism, Transgender persons, Islam, Aceh
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2015 Tonny Trimarsanto
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Call for Grace
directed by Laetitia Merli, 1969-; produced by University of Manchester. Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology (Manchester, England: University of Manchester. Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology, 2000), 31 mins
During Mongolia's seventy years of domination by the Soviet Union, shamanism, like many aspects of Mongolian tradition, was forbidden by the Communist authorities, and went into decline. Since the early 1990s, however, it has been undergoing a revival, and is rapidly regaining its place in Mongolian cultural iden...
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directed by Laetitia Merli, 1969-; produced by University of Manchester. Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology (Manchester, England: University of Manchester. Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology, 2000), 31 mins
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During Mongolia's seventy years of domination by the Soviet Union, shamanism, like many aspects of Mongolian tradition, was forbidden by the Communist authorities, and went into decline. Since the early 1990s, however, it has been undergoing a revival, and is rapidly regaining its place in Mongolian cultural identity. This film explores the life of the shaman-master Tomor, at his centre in Ulaanbaatar, the capital.
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Ethnography
Contributor
University of Manchester. Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology
Author / Creator
Laetitia Merli, 1969-
Date Published / Released
2000
Publisher
University of Manchester. Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology
Topic / Theme
Religious rites and ceremonies, Cultural identity, Shamanism, Mongols (Central Asia)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2000 Merli Laetitia
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Call of the Peace Pagoda
directed by Robbie Leppzer, fl. 1997; produced by Robbie Leppzer, fl. 1997, Turning Tide Productions (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1989), 29 mins
In 1945, Nichidatsu Fujii, a Japanese Buddhist monk, witnessed the devastation of Hiroshima and had a spiritual vision for world peace. Fujii's vision was to create peace shrines around the world to awaken a spirit of nonviolence. Since the 1950s, the monks and nuns of Nipponzan Myohoji, the Buddhist religious ord...
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directed by Robbie Leppzer, fl. 1997; produced by Robbie Leppzer, fl. 1997, Turning Tide Productions (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1989), 29 mins
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In 1945, Nichidatsu Fujii, a Japanese Buddhist monk, witnessed the devastation of Hiroshima and had a spiritual vision for world peace. Fujii's vision was to create peace shrines around the world to awaken a spirit of nonviolence. Since the 1950s, the monks and nuns of Nipponzan Myohoji, the Buddhist religious order founded by Fujii, have constructed over 70 of these shrines in six different countries. They are known as Peace Pagodas. Call of the...
In 1945, Nichidatsu Fujii, a Japanese Buddhist monk, witnessed the devastation of Hiroshima and had a spiritual vision for world peace. Fujii's vision was to create peace shrines around the world to awaken a spirit of nonviolence. Since the 1950s, the monks and nuns of Nipponzan Myohoji, the Buddhist religious order founded by Fujii, have constructed over 70 of these shrines in six different countries. They are known as Peace Pagodas. Call of the Peace Pagoda is an intimate portrait of the Japanese and American Buddhists who live at the first Peace Pagoda built in the United States, located in rural western Massachusetts. This documentary chronicles two months in the life of this unique spiritual community - a time in which they faced numerous tests of faith.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Robbie Leppzer, fl. 1997, Turning Tide Productions, Henry Lyman, fl. 1976
Author / Creator
Robbie Leppzer, fl. 1997
Date Published / Released
1989
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Speaker / Narrator
Henry Lyman, fl. 1976
Person Discussed
Fujii Nichidatsu, 1885-1985
Topic / Theme
Buddhism, Prayer and meditation, Religious communities, Pacifism, Japanese, Americans
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1989 Documentary Educational Resources
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A Calling to Care
written by Bobbi Jo Krals; directed by Bobbi Jo Krals; produced by Robbie Hart, fl. 2001 and Bobbi Jo Krals (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2001), 25 mins
A Calling to Care is the inspiring story of 55 year-old Grace Stanley, a Canadian nurse who left her home and prestigious career behind to answer a calling halfway around the world in Karachi, Pakistan.
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written by Bobbi Jo Krals; directed by Bobbi Jo Krals; produced by Robbie Hart, fl. 2001 and Bobbi Jo Krals (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2001), 25 mins
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A Calling to Care is the inspiring story of 55 year-old Grace Stanley, a Canadian nurse who left her home and prestigious career behind to answer a calling halfway around the world in Karachi, Pakistan. A Calling to Care is the inspiring story of 55 year-old Grace Stanley, a Canadian nurse who left her home and prestigious career behind to answer a calling halfway around the world in Karachi, Pakistan. Teaching nursing to local women in a strict...
A Calling to Care is the inspiring story of 55 year-old Grace Stanley, a Canadian nurse who left her home and prestigious career behind to answer a calling halfway around the world in Karachi, Pakistan. A Calling to Care is the inspiring story of 55 year-old Grace Stanley, a Canadian nurse who left her home and prestigious career behind to answer a calling halfway around the world in Karachi, Pakistan. Teaching nursing to local women in a strict Muslim culture that forbids them to even to touch men is a formidable task. However, Grace challenges her own values and belief systems to find common ground with her students, helping them to excel and feel respect for themselves in a culture that doesn't respect them. Whether it is getting her hands painted with henna, swimming fully-clothed in the ocean, or marching bravely with them on International Women's Day, Grace bonds with her students in a very special way, and ultimately discovers how the West can learn a lot more from the Third World than she ever thought.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Bobbi Jo Krals, Salimah Hashwani, fl. 2001, Grace Stanley, fl. 2001, Robbie Hart, fl. 2001
Author / Creator
Bobbi Jo Krals
Date Published / Released
2001
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Person Discussed
Grace Stanley, fl. 2001
Topic / Theme
Pakistani, Canadian, Health care issues, Education, Islam, Cultural identity, Nurses, Ethnography, Pakistanis, Canadians
Copyright Message
© Documentary Educational Resources
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Cellphone
directed by Phulman Bal, fl. 2011; produced by IF (Nepal: Cineminga, 2011), 16 mins
Cellphone explores the tension between material desire and the shamanistic realm of traditional Tamang culture. Set in a village in Kavre district, this film tells the story of a young man willing to pay a high price to impress his romantic interest.
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directed by Phulman Bal, fl. 2011; produced by IF (Nepal: Cineminga, 2011), 16 mins
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Cellphone explores the tension between material desire and the shamanistic realm of traditional Tamang culture. Set in a village in Kavre district, this film tells the story of a young man willing to pay a high price to impress his romantic interest.
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Performance
Contributor
IF
Author / Creator
Phulman Bal, fl. 2011
Date Published / Released
2011
Publisher
Cineminga
Topic / Theme
Manners, Social customs, Shamanism, Cultural life, Tamang
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2011 Cineminga
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Cham in the Lepcha Village of Lingthem
directed by Asen Balikci, 1929- (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute, 2007), 50 mins
Every winter, over a period of six days, the lamas of Lingthem's village monastery hold their annual cham. These dramatic ritual masked dances impart elementary Buddhist teachings while providing entertainment to villagers. Their main purpose is to remove obstacles and ward off misfortune for the village, its inha...
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directed by Asen Balikci, 1929- (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute, 2007), 50 mins
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Every winter, over a period of six days, the lamas of Lingthem's village monastery hold their annual cham. These dramatic ritual masked dances impart elementary Buddhist teachings while providing entertainment to villagers. Their main purpose is to remove obstacles and ward off misfortune for the village, its inhabitants and the monastery. However, for lamas and more serious Buddhist practitioners, these cham and their rituals hold deep philosoph...
Every winter, over a period of six days, the lamas of Lingthem's village monastery hold their annual cham. These dramatic ritual masked dances impart elementary Buddhist teachings while providing entertainment to villagers. Their main purpose is to remove obstacles and ward off misfortune for the village, its inhabitants and the monastery. However, for lamas and more serious Buddhist practitioners, these cham and their rituals hold deep philosophical meanings. The dances were beautifully filmed by Dawa Tsering Lepcha in his own village monastery in the Lepcha reserve of Dzongu, North Sikkim. In the course of this village event, the deities who emerge in the period between death and rebirth make their rhythmic appearances followed by the Lord of Death who judges one's good and bad deeds in the after life. This film is the second produced by the Namgyal Institute of Tibetology as part of its visual anthropology project. This training program for indigenous filmmakers aims to produce a documented video record of Sikkim's vanishing indigenous and Buddhist cultures. Its primary purpose is to record and preserve the meaning and proper performance of Sikkim's rituals within their social and economic context.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Asen Balikci, 1929-, Anna Balikci-Denjongpa
Author / Creator
Asen Balikci, 1929-, Anna Balikci-Denjongpa
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
Royal Anthropological Institute
Topic / Theme
Indian, Lepcha, Community events, Dancing, Monks, Economics, Cultural identity, Buddhism, Religious rites and ceremonies, Monasteries, Ethnography, Indians (Asian)
Copyright Message
Copyright 2007. Used by permission of Royal Anthropological Institute. All rights reserved.
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Chapter 3. Clans and Subclans. 'Totemism'.
in Bronislaw Malinowski Papers (Yale), of Yale University. Sterling Memorial Library. Manuscripts and Archives (Papers relating to Malinowski's studies of the Trobriands Islands, II Social Structure) (New Haven, CT) (1925) , 2 page(s)
Two typewritten pages contain a detailed outline for a chapter on the clan relations of the Trobriand Islanders and the spiritual relations of clans to certain animals -- part of a section on social structures -- possibly in support of 'Coral Gardens and Their Magic.' Topics include totems, the importance of subcl...
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in Bronislaw Malinowski Papers (Yale), of Yale University. Sterling Memorial Library. Manuscripts and Archives (Papers relating to Malinowski's studies of the Trobriands Islands, II Social Structure) (New Haven, CT) (1925) , 2 page(s)
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Two typewritten pages contain a detailed outline for a chapter on the clan relations of the Trobriand Islanders and the spiritual relations of clans to certain animals -- part of a section on social structures -- possibly in support of 'Coral Gardens and Their Magic.' Topics include totems, the importance of subclans, and kinship.
Date Written / Recorded
1925
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Section
Contributor
Bronisław Malinowski, 1884-1942
Author / Creator
Bronisław Malinowski, 1884-1942
Topic / Theme
Totemism, Clans, Trobriand Islanders
Copyright Message
Materials sourced from Yale University. Copyright © 2016 by Patrick Burke
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Children's Inter-relations - Crying Fits - Psychology
in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N95: Papua New Guinea, Folder 5: New Guinea. Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli. Mead and Fortune field trip, 1931-33. Field data. Arapesh Notes Children, economics, and other matters) (District of Columbia) (1932) , 121 page(s)
A set of 121 slips of paper contain typed notes on behaviors, knowledge and beliefs of a certain tribe, possibly the Arapesh of the Sepik region of Papua New Guinea. Many of Mead's observations have to do with children.
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in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N95: Papua New Guinea, Folder 5: New Guinea. Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli. Mead and Fortune field trip, 1931-33. Field data. Arapesh Notes Children, economics, and other matters) (District of Columbia) (1932) , 121 page(s)
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A set of 121 slips of paper contain typed notes on behaviors, knowledge and beliefs of a certain tribe, possibly the Arapesh of the Sepik region of Papua New Guinea. Many of Mead's observations have to do with children.
Date Written / Recorded
1932
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Margaret Mead, 1901-1978
Author / Creator
Margaret Mead, 1901-1978
Topic / Theme
Animism, Behavior, Children, Papua New Guineans
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China Insight: Stories of Tibet, 2, Part 2
produced by Kweichow Moutai and IFENG.COM, in China Insight: Stories of Tibet, 2 (Tai Po, Hong Kong (State): Phoenix Satellite Television Company, 2023), 28 mins
Tibet Autonomous Region is located on the southwestern border of the People's Republic of China, in the southwestern part of the Tibetan Plateau. It is famous for its majestic and magnificent natural scenery. It is a vast land with spectacular landscapes, rich resources, and many famous scenic spots and monuments....
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produced by Kweichow Moutai and IFENG.COM, in China Insight: Stories of Tibet, 2 (Tai Po, Hong Kong (State): Phoenix Satellite Television Company, 2023), 28 mins
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Tibet Autonomous Region is located on the southwestern border of the People's Republic of China, in the southwestern part of the Tibetan Plateau. It is famous for its majestic and magnificent natural scenery. It is a vast land with spectacular landscapes, rich resources, and many famous scenic spots and monuments. Since ancient times, the people on this land have created a rich and splendid national culture. Ranging from Buddhist culture to vario...
Tibet Autonomous Region is located on the southwestern border of the People's Republic of China, in the southwestern part of the Tibetan Plateau. It is famous for its majestic and magnificent natural scenery. It is a vast land with spectacular landscapes, rich resources, and many famous scenic spots and monuments. Since ancient times, the people on this land have created a rich and splendid national culture. Ranging from Buddhist culture to various intangible cultural heritages to boarding schools, the series takes viewers into the magical land of Tibet from a variety of perspectives.
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Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Kweichow Moutai, IFENG.COM
Date Published / Released
2023
Publisher
Phoenix Satellite Television Company
Series
China Insight: Stories of Tibet
Topic / Theme
Intellectual life, Monasteries, Monks, Religious practices, Religious education, Buddhism, Traditional history, Tibetan
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2023 Phoenix Satellite Television Company Limited
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China Insight: Stories of Tibet, 3, Part 3
produced by Kweichow Moutai and IFENG.COM, in China Insight: Stories of Tibet, 3 (Tai Po, Hong Kong (State): Phoenix Satellite Television Company, 2023), 27 mins
Tibet Autonomous Region is located on the southwestern border of the People's Republic of China, in the southwestern part of the Tibetan Plateau. It is famous for its majestic and magnificent natural scenery. And it is a vast land with spectacular landscapes, rich resources, and many famous scenic spots and monume...
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produced by Kweichow Moutai and IFENG.COM, in China Insight: Stories of Tibet, 3 (Tai Po, Hong Kong (State): Phoenix Satellite Television Company, 2023), 27 mins
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Tibet Autonomous Region is located on the southwestern border of the People's Republic of China, in the southwestern part of the Tibetan Plateau. It is famous for its majestic and magnificent natural scenery. And it is a vast land with spectacular landscapes, rich resources, and many famous scenic spots and monuments. Since ancient times, the people on this land have created a rich and splendid national culture. Ranging from Buddhist culture to v...
Tibet Autonomous Region is located on the southwestern border of the People's Republic of China, in the southwestern part of the Tibetan Plateau. It is famous for its majestic and magnificent natural scenery. And it is a vast land with spectacular landscapes, rich resources, and many famous scenic spots and monuments. Since ancient times, the people on this land have created a rich and splendid national culture. Ranging from Buddhist culture to various intangible cultural heritages to boarding schools, the series takes viewers into the magical land of Tibet from a variety of perspectives.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Kweichow Moutai, IFENG.COM
Date Published / Released
2023
Publisher
Phoenix Satellite Television Company
Series
China Insight: Stories of Tibet
Topic / Theme
Popular culture, Monks, Intellectual development, Monasticism, Philosophy, Religious practices, Buddhism, Religious education, Tibetan
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2023 Phoenix Satellite Television Company Limited
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