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Please
check out the details of
| Field
Work 1.
North-India
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Field
Work 2.
Tibet
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Field
Work 3.
Nepal
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Field
Work 4.
Tunisia
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My research involved documentation (film and
photo) of a number of Hindu and Buddhist topics such as:
Ladakh
& Zanskar & Lahaul and Spiti
(Tibet)
 | - Tibetan Buddhist monasteries
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| - Buddhist tantric ceremonies (Mahăkăla
puja, fire ritual, etc.)
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| - Tibetan Buddhist Festivals - The festivities
at Shashur (Mask-dance (cham))
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| - Festivals in Ladakh (folk dances and
costumes of Ladakh)
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| - Everyday life of a ladakhi family
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Kathmandu-valley
(Nepal)
| - Kathmandu - The holy city on the top of the
world
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| - Animal Sacrifices for the God of Death [Kathmandu
& Daksinkăli]
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| - Ascetics and hermits – sădhu tantric
practices
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| - The burning of the dead in Pashupatinathban
[Nepal]
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Documented Hindu tantric forms:
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| Asceticism:
- Ascetics (sadhus)
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- Ascetic practices (yoga,
tapasya)
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- Fire-keeper ascetic
(dhúni-wálá)
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- The home of a Saiva ascetic (kuti)
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| Magic:
- Gatekeeper-gods & protective signs
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| Ritual:
- Various rituals & offerings
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- The burning of the dead
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- Vedic fire-ritual
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- Offerings (Vedic offering)
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- Preparation of
food-mandala
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- Offerings to the gods (puja)
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| Fertility
cults: - Phallic worship (lingam-cult)
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- Full Moon Animal Sacrifice
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- Káli Shrine – Animal Sacrifices
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| Animist
items: - Holy Monkeys
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- Holy Cows
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- Snake-charming
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Documented Buddhist tantric forms:
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| Magic:
- Evocation – masked lama-dance (Csham)
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- Banishing (Mahákála puja (2.))
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- The preparation of prayer-flags
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- Various prayer-wheels and prayer-stones (mani-walls)
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- The use of magic syllables (mantra)
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| Ritual:
- Various rituals (drumming, singing, dancing, etc.)
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- Ritual offerings (Mahákála puja (1.))
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- Butter-sculptures (torma)
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- The creation of a
sand-mandala
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| Fertility
cults: - Phallic worship
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- Fertility fire-offerings
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| Animist
items: - Bone heaps (obo), chortens and stupas
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- Mummies – mummification
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- Ghost- and Demon-traps
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- Shamanic elements (Worship of trees, fountains, etc.) |
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of the INDIA '95 and TANTRA '98 Expeditions
Academic papers:
|
Bence
Tarr :
The
Cult of the Adi Grantha in Amritsar [ELTE
CAD BA Thesis, 1998.] |
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Bence
Tarr :
The
Doctrine of the Nyingma-pa [GDBC
BA Thesis, 1997.] |
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Bence
Tarr :
Ladakh -
The
Power of Circumstance
[ELTE
CAD, 1996.] |
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Bence
Tarr :
Amritsar
- The Nectar Lake
[ELTE
CAD, 1996.] |
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Bence
Tarr :
Murti
- The true form of idolatry
[ELTE
CAD, 1996.] |
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Daniel
Tarr :
The
Aghori Ascetics [ELTE
CAD, 1996.] |
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Daniel
Tarr :
Chenrezig
[ELTE CAD, 1996.] -
{Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA) Ethno-regional Research Center, Workbook
10., 1996} |
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Daniel
Tarr :
The
Cult of Siva [ELTE
CAD MA Thesis, 1999.] |
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Daniel
Tarr :
The
followers and practices of Hindu Tantra [GDBC
BA Thesis, 1997.] -
{Library of the Museum of Ethnography (1997)} |
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Daniel
Tarr :
Hindu
Tantra [Schoolbook
of the GDBC, 1996.] |
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Daniel
Tarr :
Indian
Asceticism [ELTE
CAD BA Thesis, 1998.] |
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Daniel
Tarr :
Indian
Ascetics (Exhibition
Plan Outline) [ELTE CAD Museology, 1998.] |
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Daniel
Tarr :
The
Indian Cast System [ELTE
CAD, 1997.] |
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Daniel
Tarr :
Indian
Drug ‘95 [ELTE
CAD, 1995.] |
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Daniel
Tarr :
Kashmir
‘95
[ELTE
CAD, 1995.] |
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Daniel
Tarr :
Manali
‘95
[ELTE
CAD, 1995.] |
Articles
and Publications:
|
Daniel
Tarr :
Amritsar -
The Golden Temple and the Nectar Lake . |
| Daniel
Tarr :
Benares - The City of
Ascetics . [Magyar Hírlap - Világszám 2. (1997
April)]
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Daniel
Tarr :
Indian Drug ‘95 . [Törökfürdő
1996/1 & Magyar Narancs VIII/28, 1996/06/11]
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| Daniel
Tarr :
Kashmir
'95 - War in the Himalayas . |
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Daniel
Tarr :
Khajuraho
- Sex temples of India
- [Magyar Hírlap - Világszám 1. (1997 March)] |
| Daniel
Tarr :
Ladakh
- The Last Shangri-la . |
| Daniel
Tarr :
Manali
- The World of Cannabis . |
| Kriszta
Tűz : Tibet and Nepal . [QG Magazin (03/1999)] |
Presentations and Lectures:
INDIA'95 :
| "INDIA"
- University of Economics, Budapest [Autumn, 1997] |
| ELTE
University, Cultural Anthropology Department [19/11/1996] |
|
The Gate of Dharma Buddhist College [Autumn, 1995] |
| Tibet
Support Group [Spring, 1995] |
TANTRA'98 :
| Vista Coffee House [30/08/2000]
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| Cultural
Anthropology Society [Szimbiózis
Club, (12/03/1999)] |
| World Music Club [MOM (18/03/1999)] |
| Central European University (CEU) ["Conference on Tibet",
(07/03/1999)] |
| Institute for Pedagogy [18/12/1998] |
| Szabó Ervin Library [09/12/1998] |
| Danubius Language School [20/11/1998] |
| Tibet Support Group [31/10/1998] |
| The Gate of Dharma Buddhist College [21/10/1998] |
| ELTE
University, Cultural Anthropology Department [09/10/1998] |
Radio Interviews:
INDIA'95 :
| “Tantrism”
- [Gábor Csonka Radio Fix – (Spring 1997)].
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| “India '95”
- [Radio Civil – (Autumn 1996)].
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| “Northern India”
- [Gábor Csonka Radio Fix– (Spring1996)].
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| “Ladakh”
- [Botond Szatmári Radio Tilos– The Midnight
Yeti Program (Spring 1996)].
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TANTRA'98 :
| “Indian Ascetism”
- [Kriszta Tűz Radio Fix - Dongó Program
(07/03/1999)].
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| “The Magic of Tibetan Sounds”
- [Tamás Paulinyí Radio Civil – Szintézis
Program (Winter 1998)].
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| “TANTRA '98”
- [Kriszta Tűz Radio Fix - Dongó Program
(Autumn 1998)].
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| “TANTRA '98”
- [Tibor Jankovics Radio Tilos – The Midnight
Yeti Program (Autumn 1998)].
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Exhibitions:
| Tibetan
Photo Exhibition - Museum of Applied Arts (photos
by Botond Szatmári and Tibor Jankovich) [09/03/1999 - 21/03/1999] |
| The
Culture of Tibet (Ethnographic Exhibition) – Pest Center Gallery (collection by Botond Szatmári and Tibor Jankovich)
[12/03/1999 - 02/04/1999] |
Films:
| The TANTRA '98 Exhibition – for Duna TV (Miklós Szederkényi)
– no reply |
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