English narration; some dialogue in Malayalam with English subtitles
Responsibility from end roll
Credits: Sound, Lisa van Hamel ; interpreter, production assistant, C.K. Rajan ; translation, A.G. Menon, C.K. Rajan, Smitha Thomas ; English text correction, Mike Senneck, I. Seeger ; narration, Tony Wilkinson ; on-line editing, graphics, Robert Busschots
Popular perceptions of Narasimha quoted from Dasha Avatar: The ten incarnations of Vishnu, Bombay: India Book House ; This film was funded by J. Gonda Fund, CNWS, Foundation of the 'Vrijvrouwe van Renswoude' at The Hague, Genootschap 'Noorthey' ; Technical support, Department of Visual Ethnography, Leiden University, Department of Anthropology, University of Amsterdam
"Festival, Amsterdam. Film South Asia, Kathmandu. International Convention of Asian Scholars, Leiden, The Netherlands. Society for Visual Anthropology Award for Excellence. Nuro Ethnographic Film Festival, Italy. Bilan du Film Ethnographique, Paris"--Container
Year: on container: c2010; on label: c2007
Copyright: 1997, Erik de Maaker ; "1998"--Container, label
Running time on container and label: 57 min
DVD format
Issued in container (19 cm)
Post card laid in each container
Summary: "In Northern Kerala, Hindus revere numerous Gods through Teyyam rituals. Each Teyyam is dedicated to a specific God. In Teyyam worship a ritual specialist -- a Teyyam performer -- takes the shape of the God and becomes transformed. The rituals are performed at yearly festivals held at small temples devoted to Teyyam Gods which offer devotees the opportunity to communicate directly with them, asking for support to deal with problems such as illness and theft ... This program shows one Teyyam ritual for the popular God Vishnumurti, it is a visually dazzling event which is one of the few occasions that brings both the higher and lower castes of the different Hindu communities together. The performers are shown in the preparations and also after the festival"--Container