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Every 12 years, impassioned devotees pull a 65-feet tall, unwieldy chariot in the Kathmandu Valley; its rider an enigmatic God worshipped by Hindus and Buddhists. The one month long journey is circumscribed by endless rituals and animal sacrifice.

The enterprise calls for extreme cooperation and rigorous observance of ritual in the building, sanctification and pulling of the chariot. But the journey is an arena of gritty reality, where conflict or solidarity can prevail. So every 12 years, the same question is asked: will the journey succeed?

Subject: Collective Action, Culture, Ethnography, Mythology, Rituals

Awards and Screenings

Awards:
Grand Prize at the Kendal Mountain Film Festival, UK, 2006;
Special Mention at the Bilan du Ethnographique, Paris;
Best Documentary of the Decade, Nepal Motion Pictures Association, 2005;

Producer

Kesang Tseten (Lama)

Creative Crew

Camera: Siddhartha Shakya, Rajesh Gongaju / Additional Camera: Ranjan Palit & Jyoti Simha / Editing: Kesang Tseten, Prem B. K.

Territory: INDIA

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