THE CUCKOO AND THE SOMA
About La Lettre du Toit du Monde n°31 (in French) on Indra, the cuckoo and the soma.
The ARCH association meets every month in rue Visconti for debate evenings on subjects related to the Himalayan area, whether cultural or societal. The problems linked to the coronavirus led us to organise evenings through Zoom. This formula has the advantage of broadening our audience, which becomes international, just like our speakers. These public events, with a multidisciplinary vocation, allow us to bring together amateurs and professionals: lecturers presenting films or photographs, curators commenting on their exhibitions, authors signing their works, should allow us to confront our knowledge on subjects that we wish to be as diverse as possible.
Initially dedicated to the Himalayas and their cultures, we are now extending our interventions to other areas that may shed light on or have points in common with our initial project.
About La Lettre du Toit du Monde n°31 (in French) on Indra, the cuckoo and the soma.
Rituels bouddhiques et influences perses s’exprimant dans deux masques de la collection Barbier-Mueller par François Pannier
Note préliminaire sur les Chepang du Népal et leur territoire par Adrien Viel.
Presentation by François Pannier and Adien Veil
THE SACRED MUSHROOMS dedicated to Professor Roger Heim
"Not having the rights to include the film on Professor Roger Heim we have not included it in the presentation. It is however available on https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x25..."
Presentation by François Pannier
of the new Letter from the Roof of the World on:
THE DIFFUSION OF A TYPE OF MASK BETWEEN GREECE, INDIA AND JAPAN (in French)
Presentation by François Pannier
from the new Letter from the Roof of the World on The Psychopompe & Phurbu Horse
Questioning a ritual object
or which he won the Oscar for best foreign film in 1963, Serge Bourguignon was also a great traveler. We are pleased to welcome him to present and comment on his film SIKKIM ou le langage du Sourire tormed in 1956.
The early date of this shooting makes it an important testimony for the knowledge of Himalayan cultures.