Mage Porob
Every year the Mage Porob festival draws the whole Ho village of Keshpada, young and old, onto the dancing field, where no one stops until the sun sets. Between the drums and the dance, villagers talk about their ancestors, their songs, their language, and how the Ho way of life has changed. A documentary in the Ho language, with English subtitles.
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“Mage Porob” by Subhashish Panigrahi (O Foundation) · Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
How it was made
Filmed in Keshpada village, Mayurbhanj district, Odisha, in the Ho language, an endangered Adivasi language of eastern India, with English subtitles made with the Ho students union Birbasa.
- Live action
Filmed with a camera, with actors and real locations.
- Independent production
Made outside the major studio system.
Produced by O Foundation.
Credits
- Director and producer
- Subhashish Panigrahi
- Production
- O Foundation (OFDN)
- With
- The Ho community of Keshpada village, Mayurbhanj, Odisha, and members of Birbasa (Veer Birsa Munda Ho Students Union Odisha), Bhubaneswar
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