ETHNOFLORENCE
INDIAN AND HIMALAYAN FOLK AND TRIBAL ARTS
January 25, 2010
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NEPAL LAND OF THE MASKS
NEPAL LAND OF THE MASKS
Coming soon.
-NEPAL. SHAMANISM AND TRIBAL SCULPTURE, Christian Lequindre, Marc Petit.
In collaboration with
NEPAL TRIBAL ART
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RICHARD LAIR
COLLECTION
A SENSITIVE SELECTION
Photo courtesy of Richard Lairs
Nepalese shaman pictures courtesy of Josh Lustig – https://ethnoflorence.wordpress.com/2009/02/01/nepalese-shamans-a-voyage-in-the-soul-trance-ecstasy-and-healing-with-the-photos-of-josh-lustig/ – http://www.joshlustig.com/; Vincent Van den Berg http://web.mac.com/vincentvandenberg/shi/Index.html , Manishakya http://www.flickr.com/photos/manishakya/ Arts Premiers Collection Bruxelles , undated nepalese post card.
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Dhyangro Handle – Detail
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Nepalese Pots and Shamanic ritual daggers Phurbu
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Nepalese Ghurras
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Nepalese Ghurras
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Nepalese Shaman Phurbu – Ritual Daggers
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Shaman with Dhyangro and Gajo
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Bumba – Lustral Vase
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Shaman with Dhyangro and Gajo
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Bumba Lustral Vase and Trisul
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Shaman – a Bumba Lustral Vase on the left a Trisul on the right
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Figure standing in Namaste Posture
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Dhyangro Double Sided Drum
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(Courtesy of Mr Richard Lair)
– CALLING OF THE SPIRITS….coming soon
– DIGITAL HIMALAYA
THANGMI FILM COLLECTION
Since 1997, Mark Turin and Sara Shneiderman have been using digital video to document the cultural complex of Thangmi shamanism and its related cosmology.
Below are five links of short clips of Thangmi shamans conducting rituals which include cutting hair for purification before ritual practice, a narration of the Thangmi origin myth, a healing ritual in Damarang (Dolakha district, Nepal), and an exorcism ritual and subsequent healing ritual in Kodari (Sindhupalcok district, Nepal).
1) Thangmi Shaman Film: Rana Bahadur Cutting His Hair
This film clip shows the senior shaman (or guru in Thangmi) Rana Bahadur having his head shaved by a relative in preparation for an important ritual. Rana Bahadur shared a great deal of his knowledge with anthropologists Shneiderman and Turin before he passed away in late 2002.
Filmed by Mark Turin in Suspa, Dolakha district, Nepal, 2000
2) Rana Bahadur Origin Song
This film clip shows the senior shaman (or guru in Thangmi) Rana Bahadur narrating a section of the Thangmi origin myth. He beats a plate to the rhythm of his chanting. Rana Bahadur shared a great deal of his knowledge with anthropologists Shneiderman and Turin before he passed away in late 2002.
Filmed by Mark Turin in Suspa, Dolakha district, Nepal, 2000
3) Jit Bahadur Healing Ritual
This film clip shows the young shaman (or guru in Thangmi) Jit Bahadur, the son of Rana Bahadur, beating his drum and going into trance to exorcise the malevolent spirits which have caused a young woman to be ill. The film was shot in complete darkness in an attempt to accurately illustrate the atmosphere of a shamanic seance.
Filmed by Mark Turin in Suspa, Dolakha district, Nepal, 2000.
4) Kodari Guru Healing Ritual I
This film clip shows the senior shaman (or guru in Thangmi) Jhankri Maila, preparing flour effigies of the spirit world on a bamboo winnowing tray. After the preparations are complete, he commences the ritual which is a healing ritual for a young woman who has been feeling unwell for some time.
Filmed by Mark Turin in Kodari, Nepal, January 1998.
5) Kodari Guru Healing Ritual II
This film clip shows the senior shaman (or guru in Thangmi) Jhankri Maila, with a patient. After asking some preliminary questions about his general health and diet, he checks the patient’s pulse and heart and blows the infection away. Afterwards, they share a cigarette.
Filmed by Mark Turin in Kodari, Nepal, January 1998
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– NEPALESE SHAMAN KIT FROM BILL MARSH COLLECTION
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– MUSEE DE LA CASTRE OF CANNES, NEW STUFF
RENZO FRESCHI multimedia corner…
-EROTIC WOOD CARVINGS IN NEPALI TEMPLE
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(Photo by Nabin Baral, courtesy)
NABIN BARAL is a valid Nepalese photographer friend and collaborator of the Ethoflorence project, see his documentary pics, on
http://www.demotix.com/news/226312/erotic-wood-carvings-nepali-temple
– THE VILLAGE GODS OF SOUTH INDIA.
“….I was perplexed because the three sites I had found between Trichinopoly and Madura in that first trip were so extraordinary, so exciting, that I couldn’t believe what I was later to verify through foremost authorities in London and Paris: that the village gods (Grama Devatas) were virtually unknown except to a few theologians and anthropologists…” (Harry Holtzman)
AFTER MORE THAN 50 YEARS THE UNIQUE HARRY HOLTZMAN FIELD DOCUMENTATION OF 130 SHRINES OF THE SOUTH INDIA VILLAGE GODS , GRAMA DEVATAS, IS WHAT REMAIN OF A LOST WORLD.
See more on
https://ethnoflorence.wordpress.com/category/aiyanar-village-gods-of-south-india/
– ETHNOFLORENCE EARLY HIMALAYAN PHOTO ARCHIVE, UNDER CONSTRUCTION
COMING SOON.
ETHNOFLORENCE INDIAN AND HIMALAYAN FOLK AND TRIBAL ARTS 
salut GM
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