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Making belief visible : the cultural and civic work behind the annual Santo Niño Ati-Atihan Festival in the Philippines /

Making Belief Visible is a visual ethnographic account of a Filipino-American filmmaker's journey back to his father's hometown in the Philippines to learn about the town's local ritual and now global tourist attraction -- the Santo Niño Ati-Atihan Festival. The religious festival has...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Villanueva, George (Director, Producer, Narrator, Screenwriter)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Los Angeles, CA : University of Southern California, 2014.
Series:Academic Video Online
Subjects:
Dance > Social aspects > Philippines.
Fasts and feasts > Social aspects > Philippines.
Folk festivals > Social aspects > Philippines.
Holy Childhood, Devotion to > Philippines.
Danse > Aspect social > Philippines.
Festivals folkloriques > Aspect social > Philippines.
Dévotion à l'Enfant Jésus > Philippines.
Dance > Social aspects
Holy Childhood, Devotion to
Philippines
Documentaries and Factual Films
documentary film.
Documentary films
Ethnographic films
Documentary films.
Ethnographic films.
Documentaires.
Films ethnographiques.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:Making Belief Visible is a visual ethnographic account of a Filipino-American filmmaker's journey back to his father's hometown in the Philippines to learn about the town's local ritual and now global tourist attraction -- the Santo Niño Ati-Atihan Festival. The religious festival has evolved since its origins in the 1200's and has been referred to as the Philippines' Mardi Gras and Carnival. Making Belief Visible deconstructs the phenomenon through the filmmaker's participation in the event and interviews with locals about the practices, histories, cultural performances, perspectives, sensibilities, and tensions that embody the festival's yearly enactment.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed April 18, 2018).
Physical Description:1 online resource (26 min.)
Playing Time:00:25:29