The documentary “When the Light Goes Out” aims to, through an experimental video essay and using images from the photos of the Fotocine Fund existing in the collection of the Municipal Museum of Coruche, to make known some aspects of the familiar reality of the mid-twentieth century in this Ribatejo region and its relation to photography

WHEN THE LIGHT GOES OUT

It may be tempting to dismiss the existence of Gods as no one ever gets to see them. And yet, it’s impossible to question their power once you witness the invocation rituals practiced by the Hindus…A fire offering of herbs and spices fills the temple with intoxicating scent. The medium slowly raises, carrying on his head the sacred kumbam, a ritual pot filled with the nectar of immortality. The ceremony can begin.Attuning to the hypnotic sound of drums, the devotees begin to fall in trance, with their bodies instantly inhabited by divine powers. Mere vessels of their Gods, they stick out their tongues, demand a cigar, spin in a dance of craze… The godly presence is so palpable, emotions run high with the followers screaming, fainting, bursting into uncontrollable laughter. And as the ecstasy reaches its zenith, the worshippers offer their skin to be pierced with hooks and lances as a sacrifice of flesh and blood, run barefoot over glowing ash. All to prove to the Gods their devotion! As a thank you for past blessings and a heartfelt prayer that whatever their desire the most may come true.

THE POWER OF GODS

The bond between a spiritual teacher and his followers transcends time and space. And with Buddhism embracing suffering and death as a natural part of the worldly existence, and celebrating cremation as a rite of passage that may end the painful cycle of death and rebirth and open the doors to Nirvana - there is no space for tears…Instead, bidding a farewell to a beloved master, watching his mummified body go up in ritual flames becomes the teacher’s final lecture: an opportunity to love without attachment, to embrace the impermanence of the here and now and to come to terms with one’s own mortality that ceases to be an abstract concept the moment you hold in your hands the bones of a beloved person.

RITE OF PASSAGE

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