On the Road with the Red God Macheddendranath         Nepal          52 mins

Directed and Produced by Kesang Tseten Lama

A remarkable documentary, shot over the space of one year. A great wooden chariot with a towering fertility symbol, dedicated to the Red God Macheddendranath, is constructed and then hauled by huge crowds through the Kathmandu valley. They wait for auspicious signs to travel, fight internal battles between castes of workers, face rival chariots and pray that in this year there will be no lose of life during the procession, that the valley will be blessed with fecundity and that the threat of civil war will not totally destroy their traditions.

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