Interview with MEDIAFORCHANGE.org
Our founder, Rajat Nayyar, was interviewed by Shamina de Gonzaga from Mediaforchange.org Background SG: How did you come to name your project “Espírito Kashi” and qualify your work as documenting “intangible cultural heritage”? RN: “Intangible cultural heritage” or “ICH” is a term I came across going through UNESCO’s charter. I use it to encompass oral and […]
Retelling the tale of Tenali Rama and The Brahmins: an ethno-fiction experiment
On 6th of July, our house was transformed into a film set. I live with a Banarasi family and their distant relatives in a three storeyed, courtyard house at the Panchganga Ghat, close to Thateri Bazaar in Varanasi. In total, we are 9 people living in the house. Espírito Kashi, our little office is […]
When river meets the sea | A viewer’s account of experiencing film-screening of Janeu: Bhojpuri Initiation Rites and Folk Songs.
By Jennifer D | May 14th, 2016 The recently concluded Delhi screening of Janeu, interested those who still wished to be associated with the enchanted world of myths, rituals and folk songs rather than the politics, scientificity and rationality of it, which pre-occupies the disenchanted modern day. Rightly pointed at the beginning as rite de […]
Janeu| Bhojpuri Initiation Rites & Folk Songs (Documentary Trailer)
Releasing the trailer for our next film “Upanayana Samskara | Bhojpuri Initiation Rites & Folk Songs”. The documentary film aesthetically documents the ritual and the associated folk songs that are sung by women in Bhadwar village of Bihar, India. Releases in April 2016. Upanayana is one of the traditional samskaras, or ‘purificatory rites’, that are […]
Watch our new film CROSSING A RIVER, LOSING A SELF based on an Indian folktale
Shot in Kashi (Varanasi), our film CROSSING A RIVER, LOSING A SELF (13 minutes | English subtitles) releases today! This film is about a guru followed by 8 disciples. They are making a pilgrimage to Kashi. In order to reach the sacred city, they must cross a treacherous river. Please note it is our first […]
Vivah Samskara | Bhojpuri Wedding Rites & Folk Songs | Ethnographic Film
Vivah Samskara is a documentary film about the folk songs that are sung by women during the Bhojpuri wedding rites. It is a ceremony-wise musical annotation of a typical Bhojpuri wedding that is spread over 5 days. The documentary contains a first hand description of Bhojpuri wedding rites from the vantage point of a Brahmin […]
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