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Skanda-Sasti (A Festival of Conquest)
- 1970 ----- color ----- 17 min ----- 16mm
- Filmed in Tiruchendur in south India the film presents ``the festival of conquest'' celebrating the victory of Skanda, the six-headed son of Shiva, over the Demon in all of its various incarnations. It shows the worship of the iconic statues of Skanda and his two consorts including the showing of the 101 lights. On the seventh day of the festival the battle between Skanda and the Demon is presented in a pagent showing that, finally, man does not destroy the world, but masters it. Ends with the ritual marriage of the god and his consorts.
- Topics: (Religions: Eastern, South Asian Studies)
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