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A Tibetan New Year

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A Tibetan New Year. © J Jerstad

Director Jon Jerstad
Country/Production UK
Release 1987
Length 45 mins
Format Colour / PAL / All region
Location India / Asia
Ethnic Group Tibetan
Prizes/Commendations Basil Wright Film Prize 1988

Order No RAI-200.214
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This outstanding documentary is placed in Northern India among a group of Tibetan refugees. They celebrate the New Year, following a ritual of their religion, Bonpo, which is older than Buddhism.

 

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