Serpent MotherMovie
Serpent Mother is about devotion to the Goddess of Snakes and the importance of divine female power in West Bengal Indian life. The film's focus is the Jhapan Festival, the great celebration of snakes. Shown are festival preparations, the role of traditional arts and crafts in the worship of the Goddess, devotional singing, and an exposition of ritual action. The difficult and complex symbolism of the ritual is explained by the participants themselves. In addition to the commentary, this makes accessible what is, at first glance, exotic and inexplicable behavior.
About Serpent Mother
Serpent Mother is a 1985 movie directed by Allen Moore, Ákos Östör.
The production information lists a runtime of 27m, an original language code of EN.
The credited cast includes Robert Gardner. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
