Ritual Objects

Ritual Objects

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jun 22, 2011

Runtime

0h 15m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

མཆོད་ཅ།

Production Companies

BTG Productions

Director

Bari Pearlman

Description

Kala Rongo, a convent in the craggy mountains of Nangchen, Tibet, is home to over 300 nuns who receive spiritual and educational training. In Ritual Objects, we come across a group of nuns who demystify the iconic prayer wheel, walk us through the choreography of a customary welcoming procession, and learn how to prepare a torma, or cake offering, for an intricate tantric ceremony. A selection from Peabody Award-winning documentarian Bari Pearlman’s Nangchen Shorts series, the film brings life and action to little- and well-known Tibetan Buddhist sacraments.