Pualasakan

Shamans ' Annual Party

Reference

872

Duration

00:59:00

Production year

1993

Versions

Original material

SD
4/3
Color
Sound

Director(s)

Josiane CAUQUELIN

Summary

The shamans ' celebration named Pualasakan happens in the village of Puyuma in Taiwan, on the third day of the third lunar month. Shamans are women who invoke spirits and communicate with them through trances and divinations. The Pualasakan celebration lasts eight days, where shamans consolidate links with auxiliary spirits

Scientific topics

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