Program

Public Programs: Humanities Projects in Media

Period of Performance

7/1/1983 - 11/30/1984

Funding Totals

$50,000.00 (approved)
$50,000.00 (awarded)


Shamanism: Religion in Central West Nepal (Production: TV Documentary)

FAIN: GN-21534-83

New York Center for Visual History (New York, NY 10013-3152)
Wieland G. Schulz-Keil (Project Director: December 1982 to October 1990)

To support editing and post-production of a 58-minute version of a four-hour television documentary on shamanistic rites, tales, and traditions of the Northern Magar tribe in Nepal. The documentary will contribute to Western understanding of ancient Asian religious and social life.