Bel Fruit and Loincloth
1h 8m
The film documents coming of age rituals in Bhaktapur, Nepal. Girls are married with the fruit of the wood apple tree and boys are covered with waistcloths. Beside the wedding of seven year old Lipisa to the Bel fruit, scenes of initiations of boys of butcher, Buddhist painter and farmer families are shown. The shooting took place in January / February 2007.
Cast
Recommendations
view all
Grandma
The Locket
Tarzan and the Mermaids
Rebel Without a Cause
I Yabba-Dabba Do!
Real Women Have Curves
American Wedding
Farming
Polite Society
The Odd Couple II
Zoey 102
Eloise at Christmastime
Way Down East
I Do, I Do, I Do
What's Love Got to Do with It?
Clash by Night
Seven Chances
Cousins
A Midsummer Night's Dream
The Last Rodeo