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The Anastenaria (Motion picture)
- Title
- The Anastenaria (Motion picture)
- Publication
- [1965-67]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Film, slide, etc. | Use in library | *MGZHB 8-1314 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Haramis, Peter C.
- Description
- 1 reel. 17 min. 640 ft. : sd. b&w.; 16 mm.
- Alternative Title
- Dionysiac worship in modern Greece.
- Fire dance custom in Aghia Heleni Serres.
- Subject
- Note
- The first of two films about Dionysiac worship in modern Greece.
- Subtitle: The fire dance custom in Aghia Heleni Serres.
- Photography, direction, and text by Peter Haramis. Research consultant: Katerina Kakouri. Narration: Weldon Hanbury.
- Call Number
- *MGZHB 8-1314
- OCLC
- NYPY757032897-F
- Title
- The Anastenaria (Motion picture)
- Imprint
- [1965-67]
- Summary
- A documentary film about the yearly custom of fire dancing which occurs on the Greek Orthodox St. Constantine's day in the present-day Macedonian village of Aghia Heleni Serres. The fire dancing is the culmination of day-long ceremonies, including ritual animal sacrifice. The chosen believers, some in ecstatic trances, dance repeatedly across burning embers, while holding icons, until sickness, animal diseases, and ill fortune are exorcised.
- Local Subject
- Motion pictures. The Anastenaria.Fire dances.Trance dances.Ritual and ceremonial dancing -- Macedonia.Religious dance -- Macedonia.
- Local Subject
- Ritual and ceremonial dancing -- Greece.Religious dance -- Greece.
- Local Subject
- Anastenaria.Fire walking -- Greece.
- Added Author
- Haramis, Peter C. Director
- Added Title
- Dionysiac worship in modern Greece.Fire dance custom in Aghia Heleni Serres.
- Research Call Number
- *MGZHB 8-1314