Songs of the water spirits

Screening of a documentary: ‘Songs of the water spirits’ a film by Nicolò Bongiorno

Within the retreat Make with peace with the environment, the screening of a documentary on the ecological situation of the Ladak, in Himalaya region, with the participation of the film director Nicolò Buongiorno and the presence of Lama Michel Rinpoche.

The challenge of a society set in the breathtaking mountains of the Himalaya’s against environmental degradation. Can the quest for a “glocal” way of living projected towards an “ancient future” inspire the Western economies of our planet?

Synopsis: Ladakh is an Indian region that is facing a deep process of transformation and cultural regeneration, constantly oscillating between its vocation of being a land of arcane and mystical traditions, and an uncontrolled progress that is destructive for the environment and is alienating its inhabitants. Brave and visionary minds are however working to overcome this dualism by proposing a virtuous mediation: preserving their identity without withdrawing into a shell, giving value to the incentives of a modernity that does not imply an anthropological mutation. Can we, as westerners, learn from this social, economical and cultural lab that is today Ladakh?

https://vimeo.com/471379602

The film will be shown in Tara Gompa. 

Free entrance