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01a. Ritual - Lamas at death ritual
Lamas at death ritual. Thak, Kaski, Nepal, 1995.
Collection: The Thak Archive
Institution: Faculty of Human, Social and Political Science
Created: Sat 9 Jul 2016
01b. Ritual - Laymen play drums at death ritual
Laymen play drums at death ritual.Thak, Kaski, Nepal, 1995.
Collection: The Thak Archive
Institution: Faculty of Human, Social and Political Science
Created: Sat 9 Jul 2016
01c. Ritual - Shamans play drums at death ritual
Shamans play drums at death ritual. Thak, Kaski, Nepal, 1995.
Collection: The Thak Archive
Institution: Faculty of Human, Social and Political Science
Created: Sat 9 Jul 2016
01d. Ritual - Butter lamps at death ritual
Butter lamps at death ritual. Thak, Kaski, Nepal, 1995.
Collection: The Thak Archive
Institution: Faculty of Human, Social and Political Science
Created: Sat 9 Jul 2016
01e. Ritual - Offerings & possession at an annual village ritual
Offerings and possession at an annual village ritual. Thak, Kaski, Nepal 1995.
Collection: The Thak Archive
Institution: Faculty of Human, Social and Political Science
Created: Sat 9 Jul 2016
01f. Ritual - Two young girls go into trance as part of the gato ritual
Gurung girls perform the gato ritual in the Gurung village of Yangjakot, Kaski, Nepal. 1990.
Collection: The Thak Archive
Institution: Faculty of Human, Social and Political Science
Created: Sat 9 Jul 2016
12 Can we control the spiritual world?
An analysis of the functions and nature of rituals, symbols, taboos and other constraints on human beings, from an anthropological and historical viewpoint.
Collection: How the World Works: Letters to Lily
Institution: King's College
Created: Wed 2 Jan 2013
1a. Setting
This film begins by showing the locally famous Sgo dmar stupa in the village of Dgo dmar.
Collection: Wutu Collection
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Sun 17 Jan 2016
1b. The Shrine
This film begins by showing the position of the shrine on a hill above the village.
Collection: Wutu Collection
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Sun 17 Jan 2016
1c. Labtse
The labtse, or alter to the mountain deity, sits on the hill near the shrine, to the west.
Collection: Wutu Collection
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Sun 17 Jan 2016
1d. Shrine Interior
The main figure enshrined here is Ri lang.
Collection: Wutu Collection
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Wed 20 Jan 2016
1e. Undressing, Applying Ash
The wutu performers here apply ash to their exposed upper bodies (including face and hair) and lower legs.
Collection: Wutu Collection
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Wed 20 Jan 2016
1f. Painting the Wutu
Using a mixture of ink and liquor, the wutu are painted with designs of tigers, leopards and deities.
Collection: Wutu Collection
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Wed 20 Jan 2016
1g. More Wutu Preparations at the Shrine
Several of the wutu are fully prepared and pose for the camera and crowd (of mostly children). Meanwhile, painting of the remaining wutu continues in the shrine courtyard.
Collection: Wutu Collection
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Wed 20 Jan 2016
1h. Preparing Lhaba
The lhaba prepares inside the shrine.
Collection: Wutu Collection
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Wed 20 Jan 2016
1i. First Exit of Shrine
Accompanied by a frame-drum (beaten by the lhaba) and gong (beaten by the temple-keeper), the wutu exit the shrine briefly.
Collection: Wutu Collection
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Wed 20 Jan 2016
1j. Respecting Deities Inside the Shrine
Lead by the lhaba, the wutu performers enter the shrine.
Collection: Wutu Collection
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Wed 20 Jan 2016
1k. Exiting the Shrine and Running to the Village
The wutu performers exit the shrine for a second time, followed by the lhaba beating a frame-drum, and a young man who beats the gong.
Collection: Wutu Collection
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Thu 21 Jan 2016
1l. Wutu on the Roofs
The five youngest wutu performers climb up the compound walls of houses and travel from roof to roof throughout the tightly packed village. Villagers climb onto their roofs to...
Collection: Wutu Collection
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Thu 21 Jan 2016
1m. Wutu in House
Wutu stop in certain houses to eat meals of boiled mutton. They may not enter through the compound door; they must come over the walls and across the roofs.
Collection: Wutu Collection
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Thu 21 Jan 2016