Urgan, child of the Himalayas /

Urgan is nine years old and lives in an isolated village in the Himalayas. He has never known anything other than this land surrounded by snow-capped peaks. In this month of January, however, he must leave his family for the monastery and cross the 5,000 meter high Wori La pass. During his journey,...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Glowacki, Corine (Director), Bigot, Philippe (Director)
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	This edition in English.
Published:	Paris, Ile-de-France : ZED, 2004.
Series:	Ethnographic video online, volume 1
Subjects:	Children > Himalaya Mountains. Monasteries > Himalaya Mountains. Spirituality. Himalaya Mountains. Himalaya Mountains Region. Spiritualité. Himālaya. Children Monasteries Spirituality Himalaya Mountains Region Himalaya Mountains Online media. documentary film. Documentary films Nonfiction films Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Documentary films. Nonfiction films. Documentaires. Films autres que de fiction. Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)

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Summary:	Urgan is nine years old and lives in an isolated village in the Himalayas. He has never known anything other than this land surrounded by snow-capped peaks. In this month of January, however, he must leave his family for the monastery and cross the 5,000 meter high Wori La pass. During his journey, he will be accompanied his nineteen-year-old cousin, Norbou. They will experience unexpected, fascinating and sometimes frightening spiritual encounters ... a true path to enlightenment.
Item Description:	Title from resource description page (viewed Mar. 12, 2014).
Physical Description:	1 online resource (53 min.)
Playing Time:	00:53:16