Documentary Educational Resources - Sons of Shiva (1985)
Documentary Educational Resources - Sons of Shiva (1985)
DVDRip | 640 x 480 | .AVI/XviD @ 1800 Kbps | 26 min 26 s | 367 MB
Audio: English MP3 128 Kbps, 2 channels | Subs: English
Genre: Documentary
DVDRip | 640 x 480 | .AVI/XviD @ 1800 Kbps | 26 min 26 s | 367 MB
Audio: English MP3 128 Kbps, 2 channels | Subs: English
Genre: Documentary
Sons of Shiva is a sustained attempt to film a four-day ceremony concerned with the worship of Shiva. Devotees of the God Shiva are shown from the initial taking of the Sacred Thread through gradually intensifying action to a culmination in a variety of ascetic and self denying practices. Devotees are also shown in informal activities such as preparing food and listening to recitals of devotional songs by the famous mendicant Bauls of Bengal.
Among the specific devotional practices is the fulfillment of vows to please the gods. Many devotees resolve to roll in prostration through the field to the shrine of Shiva. Others participate in the nightly processions that involve falling in trance while dancing and holding a symbol of Shiva on one's head. One of the highlights of the film is a performance by a group of Bauls (wandering holy men and religious troubadours) who sing devotional songs for the resting devotees.
This film belongs to the Pleasing God series of films about how Hindus worship. These films are studies of the devotional practicies associated with three major deities of the Hindu pantheon. They were made in the small, historic town of Vishnupur, West Bengal - a town of temples, crafts and markets, the center of an old kingdom, and a place where daily life and worship are closely intertwined.
General
Complete name : Sons.of.Shiva.avi
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
File size : 367 MiB
Duration : 26 min 26 s
Overall bit rate : 1 940 kb/s
IsTruncated : Yes
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Duration : 26 min 26 s
Source duration : 26 min 26 s
Bit rate : 1 800 kb/s
Width : 640 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate : 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Color space : YUV
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Bit depth : 8 bits
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Stream size : 340 MiB (93%)
Writing library : XviD 1.1.2 (UTC 2006-11-01)
Audio
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Mode : Joint stereo
Mode extension : MS Stereo
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Duration : 26 min 16 s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 128 kb/s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 24.1 MiB (7%)
Alignment : Split accross interleaves
Interleave, duration : 24 ms (0.58 video frame)
Interleave, preload duration : 376 ms
Writing library : LAME3.98
Complete name : Sons.of.Shiva.avi
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
File size : 367 MiB
Duration : 26 min 26 s
Overall bit rate : 1 940 kb/s
IsTruncated : Yes
Video
ID : 0
Format : MPEG-4 Visual
Format profile : Simple@L3
Format settings, BVOP : No
Format settings, QPel : No
Format settings, GMC : No warppoints
Format settings, Matrix : Default (H.263)
Codec ID : XVID
Codec ID/Hint : XviD
Duration : 26 min 26 s
Source duration : 26 min 26 s
Bit rate : 1 800 kb/s
Width : 640 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate : 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.244
Stream size : 340 MiB (93%)
Writing library : XviD 1.1.2 (UTC 2006-11-01)
Audio
ID : 1
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 3
Mode : Joint stereo
Mode extension : MS Stereo
Codec ID : 55
Codec ID/Hint : MP3
Duration : 26 min 16 s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 128 kb/s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 24.1 MiB (7%)
Alignment : Split accross interleaves
Interleave, duration : 24 ms (0.58 video frame)
Interleave, preload duration : 376 ms
Writing library : LAME3.98
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Documentary Educational Resources - Sons of Shiva (1985)
Documentary Educational Resources - Sons of Shiva (1985)
Documentary Educational Resources - Sons of Shiva (1985)
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