Rato Machhindranath

रातो मच्छिन्द्रनाथ · रातो मच्छिन्द्रनाथ

Production Details

Genre: Cultural Heritage Documentary
Year: 2024
Runtime: 28 min
Language: Nepali / Newa
Status: Completed
Director: Sushil K C
Writer: Bhuwan Acharya
DoP: Srijana Shrestha
Producers: Rajendra Bhandari (Executive Producer), Neha Agarwal & Milan Chaudhary (Producers)

Short Synopsis

A short documentary on the great red-chariot festival of Rato Machhindranath — the Kathmandu Valley's longest-running rain-god procession.

Extended Synopsis

Rato Machhindranath tracks the annual month-long chariot festival that carries the red god of rain from Pulchowk to Bungmati and back — the oldest continuously observed festival in the Kathmandu Valley. Through the eyes of the Guthi priests, the wheelwrights and the crowds who pull the tower-chariot down narrow streets, the film asks what it takes to keep a festival alive for more than a thousand years.

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