Fate of the lhapa [electronic resource] / Documentary Educational Resources ; [presented by] Indigenous Lenses.
- Publication:
- Watertown, MA : Documentary Educational Resources, c2007-2008.
- Format/Description:
- Video
1 streaming video (63 min.) : sd., col. - Series:
- Ethnographic video online.
- Online:
- Connect to streaming video
http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/554803
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- Subjects:
- Medicine, Tibetan.
Refugees -- Nepal.
Shamanism -- Nepal. - Form/Genre:
- Documentary films.
Ethnographic films. - Language:
- Spoken Tibetan with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- (Producer) This is about the last three Tibetan shamans (lhapas) living in a Tibetan refugee camp in Nepal. With no other descendants to carry on their healing practices and a younger generation acculturating and modernizing, they are practicing an endangered tradition.
- Credits:
- Author/ethnographer, director, producer, Sarah Sifers ; music, William Susman.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames (Ethnographic video online, viewed on Jan. 23, 2012).
Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2010. (Ethnographic video online). Available via World Wide Web. - Contributor:
- Sifers, Sarah. , Author, , Director, Producer
Susman, William. , Composer
Documentary Educational Resources (Firm) , Distributor - OCLC:
- 243818211
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.