Kseniya PIMENOVA
Ксения ПИМЕНОВА
Ksenia PIMENOVA
France / Russia, 2016, 56mn 
documentary
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Духи трёх вершин

 

 The Spirits of The Three Peaks

 Esprits des Trois Sommets

 
Directed by : Kseniya PIMENOVA (Ксения ПИМЕНОВА)
 

Plot synopsis
In a village in Tuva (Russia), Vera, a Russian shaman keeps alive the pratice of local religious traditions in a shamanic organization called The Three Peaks. She runs it with Anya and Baazan, the widow of the powerful shaman Kyrgys Huurak, of whom Vera was a disciple. Besides the great rituals, Vera gives private consultations. She practices divination, purification and various curing rituals, and she listens to and advises her patients. In a rapidly changing environment, between power struggles and competition with other religious traditions such as Buddhism, the three women try to keep their association afloat.
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Festival international Jean Rouch, Paris (France), 2019
- Festival international Jean Rouch, Paris (France), 2016