Document about the visit of John Paul II to Mexico, guided by the commentaries of a series of characters who in one way or another are involved in the event: vendors, nuns, fans,.... 6th Independent Vídeo & Interactive Phenomena Show

Simulating the advertising genre, "The Bible Belt" is an advertisement for the "Bible Belt", a normal belt which includes a small portable Bible. This video is part of a global project also called "The Bible Belt" which questions the use of religion in the media spectacle. 2 Mostra de Vídeo Independent de Barcelona 1994.

The Last Rites of the Honourable Mr. Rai is a film about the cremation of a longtime resident of the holy city of Varanasi. This film, made at the request of the Rai family, is possibly the most detailed and respectful study of the Hindu rites of cremation on the sacred banks of the river Ganga.

The PoojariŽs Daughter opens with flashbacks to South Indian priestess Rajathiammal “cutting the goat” and having her head ritually shorn. The year is 2001, the place, Madurai, Tamilnadu. These two moments fulfil the two most profound wishes of the priestess: to be filmed while performing the annual goat sacrifice to the Saivite god Paandi that was once carried out by her father, and to renounce family life altogether. Using experimental film techniques that recall the work of Trinh Minh Ha, The Poojari's Daughter weaves dramatic footage of these rituals and of temple life at Paandi Kooyil with Rajathiammal's moving account of her process, interviews with close relatives, and brief voiceovers by the filmmaker. Together, these create a vivid and unforgettably intimate portrait of the devotional worlds of this remarkable woman and of South Indian Hinduism.

Even at night the Wana shamans from the Sulawesi see the “shadow” in each of us. For them, this shadow, which the sun defines on the ground during the day, is a spiritually essential part of us. A French woman, Claudia, shares her illness and suffering with Indo Pino, a shaman. However, in spite of the trust that Claudia has in Indo Pino and without Claudia's actual body being present, will she be able to heal her from so far away?

Rituals from Phuket island, Thailand South, dedicated to the sons or representations of Doumu Godess (Kwam Im on Thailand). Ascetics devotees in Chinese Temples performing in trance doing transfixion, fire walks, hot oil flagellation, nails bridge walk and procession for their purification.

22 February from 19:00 to 21:00

CRA'P - Mollet del Vallés

A video programme about India and the celebration every 12 years of the Kumbh Mela. This festival is considered as the "world's largest congregation of religious pilgrims". Kumbh Mela means an "assembly, meet, union" around "water or nectar of immortality".

• Reflexiones de Babashivananda , Alberto Martos, 2003. India, Spain, 10 min, VO Spanish.

Varanasi, 6 a.m. 2nd week. Among the narrow streets of this sacred city, someone invites me to conduct an interview. I don’t understand what he says, but I follow him.

• Kings With Straw Matts , Ira Cohen , 1998. USA, India, 70 min, VOSE

A documentary about the Kumbh Mela in India. Edited from over 60 hours of footage shot in 1986 and edited in 1998 at Mystic Fire Video.

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