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Altar of Fire /
This film records a 12 day ritual performed by Mambudiri Brahmins in Kerala, southwest India, in April 1975. This event was possibly the last performance of the Agnicayana, a Vedic ritual of sacrifice dating back 3,000 years and probably the oldest surviving human ritual.
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| Format: | Electronic Video |
| Language: | English |
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[San Francisco, California, USA] :
Kanopy Streaming,
2014.
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| Series: | Ethnographic Video Online, Volume 1
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| Online Access: |
Streaming video (Wentworth users only) |
| Local Note: | Kanopy |