100 meter long patakha ladhi as devotees carry doddesses Nanda and Sunanda in palanquin
WildFilmsIndia
2014-08-12
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The action takes place in front of the Post Office in Tallital. With a trishul or trident on the long bamboo pole, devotees walk through lower Nainital bazaar, after bursting a hundred meter long continuous ladhi or fire crackers - Chinese chemicals pollute the Indian Himalaya!
Tubas and trumpets follow the procession while most of the audience seem to be using mobile phone cameras to record the proceedings! This is an ancient Himalayan festival that is seeing a new age re-making, playing out as it is in front of an audience that is toting mobile phones and the entertainment comes in the form of fire crackers with a high carbon footprint!
The typical Indian male's version of a dance involves putting the right arm high into the air and then jumping repeatedly, exposing all and sundry to the body odour from their raised arm-pit!
A board of the Nainital Cantonment warms that the 'Cantonment limit now begins.'
Everyone seems to spray / scatter rice and other offerings into the palanquin.
Religious minded people hold a procession to celebrate the Nanda Devi Fair in remembrance of the goddesses Nanda and Sunanda in Nainital.
The Nandadevi fair is held at Almora, Nainital, Kot (Dangoli), Ranikhet, Bhowali, Kichha and also in the far flung villages of lohar (like Milam and Martoli) and Pindar valleys (like Wachham and Khati). In the villages of the Pindar valley people celebrate the Nanda Devi J aat (journey) every year, while in lohar people come from far and wide to Danadhar, Suring, Milam and Martoli in order to worship the Goddess. In Nainital and Almora thousands take part in the procession carrying the dola (or litter) of Nanda Devi. It is said that the Nanda Devi fairs started in Kumaon during the reign of Kalyan Chand in the 16th Century. A three day fair is held at Kot ki mai or Kot bhramari devi. The fair at Saneti comes every second year. Both these fairs are rich in folk expressions and many village products are brought for sale.
Source: www.euttaranchal.com/culture/fairs_festivals/nandadevi.php
This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The Wilderness Films India collection comprises of tens of thousands of hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM / SR 1080i High Definition, Alexa, SR, HDV and XDCAM. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your production! We are happy to be commissioned to film for you or else provide you with broadcast crewing and production solutions across South Asia. We pride ourselves in bringing the best of India and South Asia to the world... Reach us at rupindang @ gmail . com and [email protected].
Tubas and trumpets follow the procession while most of the audience seem to be using mobile phone cameras to record the proceedings! This is an ancient Himalayan festival that is seeing a new age re-making, playing out as it is in front of an audience that is toting mobile phones and the entertainment comes in the form of fire crackers with a high carbon footprint!
The typical Indian male's version of a dance involves putting the right arm high into the air and then jumping repeatedly, exposing all and sundry to the body odour from their raised arm-pit!
A board of the Nainital Cantonment warms that the 'Cantonment limit now begins.'
Everyone seems to spray / scatter rice and other offerings into the palanquin.
Religious minded people hold a procession to celebrate the Nanda Devi Fair in remembrance of the goddesses Nanda and Sunanda in Nainital.
The Nandadevi fair is held at Almora, Nainital, Kot (Dangoli), Ranikhet, Bhowali, Kichha and also in the far flung villages of lohar (like Milam and Martoli) and Pindar valleys (like Wachham and Khati). In the villages of the Pindar valley people celebrate the Nanda Devi J aat (journey) every year, while in lohar people come from far and wide to Danadhar, Suring, Milam and Martoli in order to worship the Goddess. In Nainital and Almora thousands take part in the procession carrying the dola (or litter) of Nanda Devi. It is said that the Nanda Devi fairs started in Kumaon during the reign of Kalyan Chand in the 16th Century. A three day fair is held at Kot ki mai or Kot bhramari devi. The fair at Saneti comes every second year. Both these fairs are rich in folk expressions and many village products are brought for sale.
Source: www.euttaranchal.com/culture/fairs_festivals/nandadevi.php
This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The Wilderness Films India collection comprises of tens of thousands of hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM / SR 1080i High Definition, Alexa, SR, HDV and XDCAM. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your production! We are happy to be commissioned to film for you or else provide you with broadcast crewing and production solutions across South Asia. We pride ourselves in bringing the best of India and South Asia to the world... Reach us at rupindang @ gmail . com and [email protected].
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