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Keepers of the faith : the Buddhist nuns of Sagaing Hills /

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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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Kawanami, Hiroko (Director, Producer)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:This edition in English and an undetermined language with English subtitles.
Published: London, UK : Royal Anthropological Institute, 1996.
Subjects:
Buddhist nuns > Burma > Sagaing.
Nonnes bouddhistes > Birmanie > Sagaing.
Buddhist nuns
Burma > Sagaing
Documentary films
Ethnographic films
Nonfiction films
Documentary films.
Ethnographic films.
Nonfiction films.
Documentaires.
Films ethnographiques.
Films autres que de fiction.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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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.
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