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.
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L'escriptor Jordi Esteva torna a Costa d'Ivori per a esbrinar sobre l'esperit de la pantera que es va manifestar durant el rodatge del seu anterior documental "Retorn al país de les ànimes" sobre les creences ancestrals i els fenòmens de tràngol i possessió. En la pel·lícula, rodada en blanc i negre, amb el ritme d'una "road movie", l'escriptor assistirà de nou a una cerimònia de tràngol en la qual un komian serà posseït per l'esperit de la pantera i emprendrà la cerca de l'altra komian, en tota la Costa d'Ivori, posseïda pel mateix esperit poderós. El periple li portarà a la veïna Ghana a la recerca dels únics percussionistes que poden invocar a l'esperit de la pantera amb els seus ritmes.
UntitledA journey of initiation into a city and a its culture. The set of projections (10 screens) aimed to create a journey in the complex sense of the term: using audiovisual segments to illustrate aspects of the anthropological, sociological, urban and religious tissues of the city. A journey claiming both: a certain objectivity (in the working method), and the subjectivity (of the travel experience and approach to another culture). Moreover, the projections do not meet the criteria of a film with a beginning and an end, but rather the creation of a landscape, so the viewer choosed the time he/she wished to dedicated to each fragment. This made it possible to enjoy a deeper level of inquiry to specific fragments (artisans, rituals interviews, etc.). Consequently, the result of each visit to the exhibition gave an unique combinatorial fragments, since the total length of the projections would be about 6 hours. VideoInstallation 10 screens total lenght: 6h 40' Toni Serra , Albert García Espuche CCCB Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona 2002
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