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FIELD WORK

Details of Field Works	I have been on two expeditions to the Himalayas and North India both carrying interests for Buddhist research and Cultural Anthropology and I have also studied some of the oasis in the Sahara. My first journey took me through Kashmir, Ladakh (Western Tibet), and North India in 1995.   My second journey took me to Tunisia (Northern Africa) to the Chott el Jerid in in 1996. My third journey took me to  Ladakh & Zanskar (Western Tibet) again and to Nepal in 1998.
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Please check out the DETAILS of Field Work 1. North-India Field Work 2. Tibet Field Work 3. Nepal Field Work 4. Tunisia

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DOCUMENTATION

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
• - Buddhist tantric ceremonies (Mahăkăla puja, fire ritual, etc.)
• - Tibetan Buddhist Festivals - The festivities at Shashur (Mask-dance (cham))
• - Festivals in Ladakh (folk dances and costumes of Ladakh)
• - Everyday life of a ladakhi family

    Kathmandu-valley (Nepal)

• - Kathmandu - The holy city on the top of the world
• - Animal Sacrifices for the God of Death [Kathmandu & Daksinkăli]
• - Ascetics and hermits – sădhu tantric practices
• - The burning of the dead in Pashupatinathban [Nepal]

Documented Hindu tantric forms:   Asceticism: - Ascetics (sadhus) - Ascetic practices (yoga, tapasya) - Fire-keeper ascetic (dhúni-wálá) - The home of a Saiva ascetic (kuti) Magic: - Gatekeeper-gods & protective signs Ritual: - Various rituals & offerings   - The burning of the dead - Vedic fire-ritual - Offerings (Vedic offering) - Preparation of food-mandala - Offerings to the gods (puja) Fertility cults: - Phallic worship (lingam-cult) - Full Moon Animal Sacrifice - Káli Shrine – Animal Sacrifices Animist items: - Holy Monkeys - Holy Cows - Snake-charming

Documented Buddhist tantric forms: Magic: - Evocation – masked lama-dance (Csham) - Banishing (Mahákála puja (2.)) - The preparation of prayer-flags - Various prayer-wheels and prayer-stones (mani-walls) - The use of magic syllables (mantra) Ritual: - Various rituals (drumming, singing, dancing, etc.) - Ritual offerings (Mahákála puja (1.)) - Butter-sculptures (torma) - The creation of a sand-mandala Fertility cults: - Phallic worship - Fertility fire-offerings Animist items:  - Bone heaps (obo), chortens and stupas - Mummies – mummification - Ghost- and Demon-traps - Shamanic elements (Worship of trees, fountains, etc.)

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BACKUPS

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.]

• Bence Tarr : The Doctrine of the Nyingma-pa [GDBC BA Thesis, 1997.]

• Bence Tarr : Ladakh - The Power of Circumstance [ELTE CAD, 1996.]

• Bence Tarr : Amritsar - The Nectar Lake [ELTE CAD, 1996.]

• Bence Tarr : Murti - The true form of idolatry [ELTE CAD, 1996.]

• Daniel Tarr : The Aghori Ascetics [ELTE CAD, 1996.]

• Daniel Tarr : Chenrezig [ELTE CAD, 1996.] - {Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA) Ethno-regional Research Center, Workbook 10., 1996}

• Daniel Tarr : The Cult of Siva [ELTE CAD MA Thesis, 1999.] 

• Daniel Tarr : The followers and practices of Hindu Tantra [GDBC BA Thesis, 1997.] - {Library of the Museum of Ethnography (1997)}

• Daniel Tarr : Hindu Tantra [Schoolbook of the GDBC, 1996.]

• Daniel Tarr : Indian Asceticism [ELTE CAD BA Thesis, 1998.] 

• Daniel Tarr : Indian Ascetics (Exhibition Plan Outline) [ELTE CAD Museology, 1998.]

• Daniel Tarr : The Indian Cast System [ELTE CAD, 1997.]

• Daniel Tarr : Indian Drug ‘95 [ELTE CAD, 1995.]

• Daniel Tarr : Kashmir ‘95 [ELTE CAD, 1995.]

• Daniel Tarr : Manali ‘95 [ELTE CAD, 1995.]

All written documents are available for reading in the » Library.

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)]
• Daniel Tarr : Indian Drug ‘95 . [Törökfürdő 1996/1 & Magyar Narancs VIII/28, 1996/06/11]
• Daniel Tarr : Kashmir '95 - War in the Himalayas .
• 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]
• 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)].
• “India '95” - [Radio Civil – (Autumn 1996)].
• “Northern India” - [Gábor Csonka Radio Fix– (Spring1996)].
• “Ladakh” - [Botond Szatmári Radio Tilos– The Midnight Yeti Program (Spring 1996)].  

    TANTRA'98 :

• “Indian Ascetism” - [Kriszta Tűz Radio Fix - Dongó Program (07/03/1999)].  
• “The Magic of Tibetan Sounds” - [Tamás Paulinyí Radio Civil – Szintézis Program (Winter 1998)].
• “TANTRA '98” - [Kriszta Tűz Radio Fix - Dongó Program (Autumn 1998)].
• “TANTRA '98” - [Tibor Jankovics Radio Tilos – The Midnight Yeti Program (Autumn 1998)].

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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