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| Other authors / contributors: | Balikci-Denjongpa, Anna.
Lepcha, Dawa T.
Lepcha, Merayk.
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| Notes: | Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 27, 2013).
Previously released as DVD.
Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2012. (Ethnographic video online). Available via World Wide Web.
This edition in Lepcha with English subtitles.
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| Summary: | The film is an intimate portrait of Merayk, an 80 years old Lepcha shaman or Padim. Merayk lives with his family in Dzongu, a Lepcha reserve in North Sikkim. He performs healing rituals for individuals as well as rituals for the well-being of the household, the clan and his village community. Cameraman Dawa Lepcha followed Meyrak and recorded his daily life and rituals between 2003 and 2007.
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