Maha Shivaratri

Matthieu Perrot

France / 2007 / Documentary / 49’0”N0800930

Maha Shivaratri
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SYNOPSIS

Varanasi, Feb. 16th, 2007. The city is preparing for the traditional Maha Shivaratri, or "great night of Shiva". A festival of classical Indian music, dhrupad, is organized on the banks of the Ganges, where the singer Ustad Sayeebudding Dagar closes the concert in the small hours of the morning.

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