Kailash
travel video
This travel video is a
92 minutes presentation of a trip taken in Western Tibet. Our intention was
to show an interesting and pretty intense itinerary, which we were able to
cover in about 15 days. We wanted to shoot a travelog, a long form documentary
about this particular trip making it different from the regular documentaries
you may see on TV. We covered a lot of ground in the narration associated
with the film: from history to legends, architecture and traditions, customs
and religions we tried as much as possible to approach most of the issues
you encounter in such a trip.
To get into Tibet you need a permit
that you may get in Chengdu, China. But this is only the beginning, the Chinese
borrowing from the old Tibetan government the custom of trying to keep foreigners
away so if you want to travel inside Tibet you need lots of other permits.
So, to get to Kailash area, we obtained about 4 permits, we put together a
group and we rented a Land Cruiser, that carried us in dust storms and dire
conditions about 3 days till we got to the mountain. The
high altitude combined with the lack of adaptation make this trip relatively
difficult, especially when you want to video document everything that happens
around. But the effort is worth every minute of it, because on the 3-day kora
around the mountain you are surrounded by pilgrims performing their old traditions
and yaks caring luggage, the atmosphere being extremely spiritual. From Mt.
Kailash we left for Lake Manasarovar, the holly lake mentioned in the old
Indian Puranas writings and from there we went to Everest, for a quick taste
of climbing that amazing mountain.
If you are interested
to find specifics about the trip or about the video please contact
us. We will be more than happy to share with you our experience.
Our itinerary in Western
Tibet is reproduced in the travel videos as follows:
Ngari: "Kailash"
covers Lhatse, Saga, Dzongba, Darchen and Mt. Kailash kora.
Copyright © 2002 - 60 minutes - DVD $24.95; VHS $19.95
Ngari: "Manasarovar
to Everest" covers Lhatse, Saga, Dzongba, Darchen, Lake Manasarovar,
Rongphu Monastery and Mt. Everest up to Camp 1.
Copyright © 2002 - 50 minutes - DVD $24.95; VHS $19.95
"Kailash - a pilgrimage"
is the complete version
of the video.
Copyright © 2002 - 92 minutes -DVD
$49.95; VHS $39.95
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"Kailash
is a mountain in Western Tibet sacred for four religions...The film traces
the path of what is called the kora, a religious circumambulation of the holy
mountain....The narration emphasizes the damage the Chinese have done to religious
expression during their occupation of Tibet, particularly the destruction
of hundreds of monasteries during the Cultural revolution....The terrain covered
in this film is both bleak and majestic....This film will be of primary appeal
to viewers with an interest in Tibetan religion and spirituality."
Library Journal - August
2003
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