Fate of the Lhapa [digital video]

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Added Author:

Sifers, Sarah, producer, author.

Dhondup, Nyima, contributor.

Rhichoe, Pasang, contributor.

Karma Wangchuk, contributor.

Publication Date:

2014

Publication Information:

[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2014.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 70 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound

Abstract:

Fate of the Lhapa is a feature-length documentary about the last three Tibetan shamans (lhapas) living in a Tibetan refugee camp in Nepal. With no other descendants to carry on their healing practices and a younger generation attending schools, acculturating, and modernizing, these "sucking doctors" are practicing an endangered tradition.

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Technical Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Subject Term:

Tibetan.

Cultural change and history.

Buddhism.

Refugee camps.

Traditional medicine.

Healers.

Spiritual leaders.