In 360 Kumbh Mela: Finding Your Soulmate in the World’s Biggest Crowd
Description
Manorama Mishra (72) and Girija Devi (68) are from two villages in northern India. Both lead lonely lives – Ms Devi can go days without talking to anyone while Ms Mishra’s life is an endless wait for a visit from one of her children. Their lives take a happy turn, even if only for a month, when they arrive at the Kumbh Mela and find each other. Follow their journey from loneliness in this BBC 360 film.
What Works Well
This video is introduces the viewers to two pilgrims at the Kumbh Mela, a ritual at which they gather to form a sense of community and give respite to lonely lives in rural villages. It offers a broad view of ceremonial activities around the festival.
Discipline
- Humanities & Language
- Social Sciences
Keywords
aging, bathing, ceremony, cultural awareness, faith, ganges river, hindu, india, informal learning, pilgrimage, population shift, religion, ritual. tradition, unesco
Source
BBC News
Level of Guidance
What does this mean?
The Level of Guidance indicates how much the creator has imbued the video with a sense of at what the viewer should be looking.
For instance, a Level 1 video would mean that the camera has been left in place while life happens around it, allowing you, as the viewer, to simply observe. A Level 2 video might incorporate subtle visual, textual or audible hints or simple transitions. A Level 3 video would rely on a handful of hints and transition. A Level 4 video would employ multiple hints and dialogue. And a Level 5 video would rely on all of the above as well as a narrative arc that pushes the viewer forward.
Another way of looking at this would be how much production went into the video if you are considering making one of your own like it.
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