The Great Annual Rath Jatra: A Door-to-Door Visit?

Is this mega event simply a door-to-door visit? Or is there much more behind what one sees, hears and feels?

Find out all about it in upcoming documentary film "Ritual vs Philosophy" produced by imPACT! Productions. Click on the play button below to see the trailer of this film (contains some footage from the second day of the chariot festival held in downtown Kathmandu this afternoon).



Ritual vs Philosophy (1-minute trailer) from Alok Tuladhar on Vimeo.
Coming soon to a browser near you: Ritual vs Philosophy. A film by imPACT! Productions.

This trailer contains some footage of the chariot festival of Janabahaa Dyo (Karunamaya Aryavalokiteshor or White Machhindranath) held in the historical core of Kathmandu every year.

Is this mega event simply a door-to-door visit by Karunamaya, the compassionate one? Or is there much more behind what one sees, hears and feels?

Time Travel: Rewinding Three and Half Decades

What has changed in 34 years? Not much, at least, not in the way the annual chariot pulling festival of Janabahaa Dyo is celebrated (depicted in the first two minutes of this footage of Kathmandu streets and festivals from 1978, posted online by 55-year old artist from the Netherlands Ed van der Kooy).

Can you spot some other shots from Janabahaa and its periphery later in the footage?