Altar of Fire /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Gardner, Robert (Author, Producer), Staal, J. F. (Author)
Corporate Author:	Kanopy (Firm)
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English.
Published:	[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2014.
Series:	Ethnographic Video Online, Volume 1
Subjects:	Nambudiri. Cultural change and history. Linguistics. Anthropology. Vedas. Religion. Religious rites and ceremonies. Internet videos. Nonfiction films.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video

Description
Abstract:	This film records a 12 day ritual performed by Mambudiri Brahmins in Kerala, southwest India, in April 1975. This event was possibly the last performance of the Agnicayana, a Vedic ritual of sacrifice dating back 3,000 years and probably the oldest surviving human ritual.
Item Description:	Title from title frames.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 45 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Format:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.