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THE HIDDEN WORLD OF THE NAGA
Headhunters in the Jungle Hills
of Myanmar
Headhunters in the Jungle Hills
of Myanmar
Documentary by Friedhelm Brueckner
2003 Friedhelm Brueckner Filmproductions
in coproduction with ZDF-Enterprises and ARTE.
Co-authored by Viktor Stauder
Camera: Reiner Hefele
Text: Thea Mohr
Scientic Advice: Aglaja Stirn & Peter van Ham
Score: Georg Reichelt
2003 Friedhelm Brueckner Filmproductions
in coproduction with ZDF-Enterprises and ARTE.
Co-authored by Viktor Stauder
Camera: Reiner Hefele
Text: Thea Mohr
Scientic Advice: Aglaja Stirn & Peter van Ham
Score: Georg Reichelt
• First colour documentary about the Burmese Naga ever
• Filmed also in the interiors of the still forbidden Sagaing district of Myanmar
• Naga groups shown include the Lainong, Nokaw, Tangkhul, Para, Yonkon, Kaiyaw
• Tattooing ceremony
• Log drum pulling
• Stone pulling and Feast of Merit
• Casting of a headhunter's pendant
All these highlights and more are also the subject of the new book by Aglaja Stirn and Peter van Ham:
THE HIDDEN WORLD OF THE NAGA
Living Traditions in Northeast India and Burma
The Secret Tibetan Heritage
in the Himalayas
Documentary by Tina Radke-Gerlach.
1999 FiViPro-Productions for ARTE / ZDF.
Camera: Josef Woermann
Scientic Advice: Peter van Ham
Score: Peter van Ham, Tilmann Hoehn & Peter Wenke
1999 FiViPro-Productions for ARTE / ZDF.
Camera: Josef Woermann
Scientic Advice: Peter van Ham
Score: Peter van Ham, Tilmann Hoehn & Peter Wenke
• First interior shots of Tabo, Lhalung and Kanum Monasteries ever
• First shots of Kinnaur (Sarahan, Chitkul, Kanum, Chini) ever
• Interview sequences with His Holiness the Dalai Lama
• The history of the Great translator Lotsava Rinchen Zangpo plus an interview with his 19th re-incarnation, the Venerable Lochen Tulku
• The mummy of Spiti
• The ritual of Breaking the Stone (Phobar Dochok) of the Buchen Lamas of Spiti
• The oracles of Tabo
All these highlights and more are also the subject of three books by Peter van Ham on the Western Himalayas:
BUDDHA´S MOUNTAIN DESERT
The Secret Tibetan Heritage in the Himalayas
THE FORGOTTEN GODS OF TIBET
Early Buddhist Art in the Western Himalayas
ON THE PATHS OF THE BUDDHA
2000 kms through the Western Himalayas (in German language)