Aamrahseh Pooja in Roing, Arunachal Pradesh

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The haunting voice of the shaman carries across the house as he conducts a jhara, in the animist religious tradition of Arunachal Pradesh. Aamrahseh pooja in Roing, Arunachal Pradesh, India. This pooja is performed after the death or passing away of a person. The basic idea behind all these funeral traditions is to show reverence to the deceased person. Normally during this time, all the family members share each others sorrows and pray, so that the soul of the deceased person rests peacefully. This footage is part of the professionally-shot stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of imagery from South Asia. The Wilderness Films India collection comprises of thousands of hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM 1080i High Definitio