Singing Pictures /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Fruzzetti, Lina (Author, Producer), Östör, Ákos (Author, Producer), Sarkar, Aditi Nath (Author)
Corporate Author: Kanopy (Firm)
Format: Video
Language:Undetermined
Published: [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2014.
Series:Ethnographic Video Online, Volume 1
Subjects:
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video
Description
Abstract:For generations, Patua (Chitrakar) communities of West Bengal, India have been painters and singers of stories depicted in scrolls. The Patuas tell the stories of Muslim saints (pirs and fakirs) as well as Hindu Gods and Goddesses, and offer devotion to saints at Muslim shrines.
Item Description:Title from title frames.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 40 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Format:Mode of access: World Wide Web.