Keepers of the faith : the Buddhist nuns of Sagaing Hills / written and produced by Hiroko Kawanami.
In the Sagaing Hills, 12 miles from the ancient capital of Mandalay are hundreds of pagodas, stupas, monasteries and nunneries which form a focal point of worship for Buddhism in Burma. In 1986 the filmmaker used to live for 15 months as a nun in the Thameikdaw Gaung nunnery. Some years later she is...
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| Format: | Electronic Video |
| Language: | English |
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London, UK :
Royal Anthropological Institute,
1996.
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| Genre/Form: | Documentary films. Ethnographic films. Nonfiction films. |
| Summary: | In the Sagaing Hills, 12 miles from the ancient capital of Mandalay are hundreds of pagodas, stupas, monasteries and nunneries which form a focal point of worship for Buddhism in Burma. In 1986 the filmmaker used to live for 15 months as a nun in the Thameikdaw Gaung nunnery. Some years later she is coming back for a visit in order to see what has changed. This is an intimate insight into the daily life of a nunnery as well a portrait of the monastic economy and its interactions with the society. |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 27, 2013). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 video file (52 min.)) |
| Playing Time: | 00:51:56 |
| Language: | This edition in English and an undetermined language with English subtitles. |