2011 PROGRAMME
Around the World in 90 Films
Plan your days! Explore the full film and sessions programme with prize screenings, workshops, special events. Consult the interactive map of film locations in 38 countries.
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FILM PRIZES AND AWARDS
The Royal Anthropological Institute is pleased to announce that the following Film Prizes have been awarded at the 12th RAI International Festival of Ethnographic Film, London, 23rd - 26th June 2011.
FORMER RAI FESTIVALS
11th RAI Film Festival, 2009
CTCC, Leeds Metropolitan University
10th RAI Film Festival, 2007
GCVA, The University of Manchester
7th RAI Film Festival, 2000
SOAS, University of London
Creation and Chanting of Lik Yaat #263
15:00 hrs, Thursday 23rd June, Roberts G06
Student film
Director / Anthropologist: Satoru Ito
Year of Release: 2010
Duration: 26 mins
Country of Production: Japan
Location: Dehong Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China, Tai
("Shan" in Burma)
Language: Tai (English sub)
Dehong Tai people embrace Theravada Buddhism. In order to live better in this world and the next, they perform dignified rituals and acquire “merit”. For the rituals they spend years and save money, then they do a good deed, such as contributions to the Buddhist statues and to building the bridges. Chief donators commission an intellectual to write historical scriptures to hand down the good deed to posterity. It is called “Lik Yaat” in Tai and written with beautiful words and rhyme. The film follows a woman Wan Xiang-ya, who strives for the tradition of Lik Yaat.