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- Moving images
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2003 (Creation)
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1 video file (2 min., 54 sec. ; 0.603 GB) : MOV, col. sd.
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Item consists of a Tamil family’s home movie.
Project and donor(s) contributed description follows: "At nine-year-olds, Abhirami Balanchandran visits Sri Lanka for two months with her family for the second time. It was 2003 and during the civil war so it required multiple checkpoints before she was able to reach her hometown of Jaffna located in the north. They visited for Thaipusami, where she witnessed Kavadi for the first time. Kavadi is a ritual done for the Murugan, God of War where the back is pierced with several hooks while people partake in ceremonial dance. It was traditionally done for both sacrifice and preparation for war. It was Abhi’s first time witnessing something like that from her community which was definitely a cultural shock. ‘It was jarring, fascinating and beautiful.’ So much has changed since this video was taken and looking back at the footage of what Jaffna looked like has skewed her idea of what home looks like."
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No linguistic content.
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Digital copy available. Email archives@yorku.ca for access.
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YUDL
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2019/12/20 KCP. Created.
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- English