Category: Events 2018/19

Kabadio – Time goes by slowly, barefoot

A deep dive into a new world, filled with rituals, music, magic, secrets, fascinating images and stories of real people who struggle to survive, keeping their traditions in the midst of a civil war and the smuggling of goods.
In the heart of Casamance (southern region of Senegal), a small Muslim village, which is a sort of mystical island protected by religious leaders called Marabus, the sound of drums lights the fire, dictating the fate of an uncertain future, where mysticism is the only protective shield.
We are in front of a large mirror. The mirror of the soul. Where you can touch the blowing wind; where you can feel the dried land under your feet just a few kilometers from the sea. Where you hear enlightened children’s laughing, spreading hope for those able to get close to them. Where time goes by slowly, barefoot.

• Target Audience: General public, youth, adults, seniors
  
• Day: 30th of May 2019
  
• Time: 21.00
  
• Duration: 90 min + debate
  
• Location: Casa do Brasil (Lisboa)
  
• Presence of the director: Video-conference
  
• Registration: No registration required but limited space available
  
• Extra Activities: Presentation and debate with Nicola Schiavottiello co-director Heritales.

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I’m Burning

Renaissance, a challenge. The artistic project of the Valencian creators Miguel Arraiz and David Moreno, will cross the Atlantic to establish synergies with the most important ephemeral art event in the world, the Burning Man in the Nevada desert.

• Target Audience: General public, youth, adults, seniors, students, researchers.
• Day: 30th of May 2019
  
• Time: 18.30
  
• Duration: 54 min + debate
  
• Location: Faculdade de Belas-Artes da Universidade de Lisboa
  
• Presence of the director: video-conference
  
• Registration: Not necessary but preferred
  
• Extra Activities: Presentation of the award trophy and debate with Nicola Schiavottiello co-director Heritales.
  

Aabua Paika Kabu Bageya

Paika is a film about a martial art dance form. More than a medium of entertainment, it has a social significance as it commemorate and has preserved historical incidences, struggle and triumph of the Munda community in the art form. It is my honest effort to portray the lives with the culture and tradition of my community. This film is made through an understanding of the lives of the Munda community as an outsider and an insider. The film shows a narrative strung together with stories, songs and interviews of Pandeya Munda who have been dancing this folk dance form for more than 25 years.

This film is a culmination of the dance Paika along with the story of a typical village in Jharkhand. I have tried to weave a film which portrays and talk about Munda community. I feel this film is a blend of both the perspectives as I think myself as half insider and half outsider of the community being brought up in an urban setup.

• Target Audience: General public, youth, adults, seniors
• Day: 26th of April
  
• Time: 18.00
  
• Duration: 26min + debate
  
• Location: Av. Brasilia 352, 1350-352 Lisbon
  
• Presence of the director: Yes
  
• Registration: Free event but need to be booked, limited spaces available, please contact Museo do Oriente
  
• Extra Activities: Debate with the director of the film. Presentation by Nicola Schiavottiello and Maria Zozaya directors of Heritales.

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Hindu Eu

‘Hindu Eu’ is a documentary that explores the reality and space of the Portuguese Hindu community in the Radha Krishna Temple in Telheiras. The film accompanies a typical afternoon in this space, divided into three parts: the arrival in the temple gardens that transport anyone to a peaceful state of mind and retreat; a communion meal and community approach; and a worship ritual to the Gods that nothing stands behind an extrasensorial experience of sharing of love and peace.

• Target Audience: General public, youth, adults, seniors
• Day: 26th of April
  
• Time: 18.00
  
• Duration: 10min + debate
  
• Location: Av. Brasilia 352, 1350-352 Lisbon
  
• Presence of the director: Yes
  
• Registration: Not required but preferred because limited spaces available, please contact Museo do Oriente
  
• Extra Activities: Debate with the director of the film. Presentation by Nicola Schiavottiello and Maria Zozaya directors of Heritales.

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The Way of the Shaman Drum

The spiritual aspects of Shamanism are inured in mystery and some believe Shaman doctors and healers can tell the future and ward off demon spirits during special dance ceremonies. Nonetheless in the film, The Way of the Shaman Drum, the director João Meirinhos, provides viewers with a earthlier and pragmatic account of those involved in Shaman Culture as Manchu-ethnic minorities living in northeastern China’s Changbai Mountain, Jilin Province. 70-year-old Guan Yunde, a promoter of Manchu’s Shamanism culture, works alongside a business partner and has designed and built Shaman drums. He has unearthed Shamanism’s mysteries. Shamans hold animals dear to their hearts and sustain a polytheistic faith, meaning that all living beings, including animals, have a spirit and are god-like. Hence, in northeast China alone, they worship the god of tiger, god of wolf and so on. Shamanism is more about loving nature and ancient Manchu culture than with participating in so-called demon spirit dances. Guan lived in a home with many generations of Manchu ancestors, while his father was recognized as a tribal leader. They used kiwi wood to make Shaman drums, since it displays few defects when carving. For some people, Shamanism is perceived as evil, but for the Manchu-ethnics, such as Guan Yunde, it’s simply a proud part of the Manchu culture that deserves to get passed down to future generations.

• Target Audience: General public, youth, adults, seniors
• Day: 26th of April
  
• Time: 18.00
  
• Duration: 12min + debate
  
• Location: Av. Brasilia 352, 1350-352 Lisbon
  
• Presence of the director: Yes
  
• Registration: Free event but need to be booked, limited spaces available, please contact Museo do Oriente
  
• Extra Activities: Debate with the director of the film. Presentation by Nicola Schiavottiello and Maria Zozaya directors of Heritales.

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