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Kîrtana

The Mystic Heart of Bengalese

Prithwindra Mukherjee, an ethnomusicologist, defines and exposes the Kîrtana principles, a kind of dance and ritual song celebrating Krishna, the eighth incarnation of the love deity, and Rhada. This musical and danced kind comes from a very old cultural practice dating from the 4th century and has evolved for centuries.

Duration

00:55:00

Production year

Définition

SD

Sound

Sound

Version(s)

French

Original material

Hi8

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Scientific topics

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