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- Creators:
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Gardner, Robert, 1925-2014
Staal, Frits
- Dates:
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1975-1976
- Size:
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Film reels (color sound, 22,000 feet, 16mm)
- Collection ID:
- HSFA.1976.02
- Repository:
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Human Studies Film Archives
Full film record of the twelve-day Nambudiri Agnicayana ritual performed in Panjal, India, the world's oldest surviving ritual, a Vedic sacrifice to Agni, the god of fire. Filmed in Kerala, southwest India, this 12-day ritual was performed in 1975 for perhaps the last time. Footage documents the material and spatial preparations for the event and r...
