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21. MAHA SHIVARATRI, THE WEDDING OF SHIVA |
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documentary of a 15 minute duration, filmed in India, color
digital video, 2001- 2
film director Yannis Tritsibidas
photography Odysseus Pavlopoulos
editing Lambros Skarlas
scientific advisor dr Demetrios Vassiliades
production Yannis Tritsibidas, Gina Petropoulou, Fasma english voice Gregory Karr
A documentary film on Maha Shivaratri’s festivities in Benares celebrating Shiva’s wedding with Parvati. This fest of fertility is the largest annual event in Shiva’s holy town and takes place in the Caitr month (February-March) attracting numerous sadhous from all over India including the naked nagas.
Thousands of people come together to the Golden Temple to offer their devotion, water from the Ganges river and flowers to the God’s mythical lingam (phallus).
The great dark night of Shiva the Destroyer, is celebrated with a lot of music, dance, parades and bang drinking.
click to see the film "MAHA SHIVARATRI. THE WEDDING OF SHIVA in Benares" by Yannis Tritsibidas .  
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