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Dear friend of Arkadia,

You are invited by Suomen Antropologinen Seura to the screening of The Lover and The Beloved: A Journey into Tantra (2011, 70 min.) by Andy Lawrence on Friday 14.3 at 6pm at Arkadia (Nervanderinkatu 11)

The Lover and The Beloved: A Journey into Tantra (2011, 70 min.) tells about one man’s search of meaning of life and enlightenment among the Aghori ascetics in Northern India. The film offers insight into Tantrik ideas about the life cycle, particularly death.

The Lover and The Beloved: A Journey into Tantra will be presented social anthropologist Mari Korpela.

Welcome!

Warm regards,

Ian
www.arkadiabookshop.fi

– Entrance is free but a donation of €3 (or more!) to fund the event is suggested and would be most welcome. If you have no loose change or coins we gladly accept payment via Visa Electron or Mastercard etc. !

Mari Korpela is social anthropologist working as a postdoctoral research fellow in University of Tampere. She has researched Western lifestyle migrants in India.

Andy Lawrence makes ethnographic films and teaches filmmaking in Visual Anthropology at the Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology in Manchester, UK

Mari Korpela on sosiaaliantropologi, joka toimii tutkijatohtorina Tampereen yliopistossa. Hän on tutkinut länsimaalaisia elämäntapasiirtolaisia Intiassa.

Andy Lawrence tekee etnografisia elokuvia ja opettaa filmintekoa Manchesterin yliopiston visuaalisen antropologian keskuksessa.

The Lover and The Beloved: A Journey into Tantra (2011, 70 min.) kertoo miehestä, joka etsii elämän tarkoitusta ja valaistumista tantrisesta perinteestä Pohjois-Intian pyhien aghori askeettien parista. Elokuvan keskeisenä teemana on elämän kiertokulku, erityisesti kuolema.