Kings With Straw Mats

Name: Kings With Straw Mats
Director: Ira Cohen
Released: 1986-01-01
Rating: 5.0

1986 · 70 min · ★ 5.0

Filmmaker and poet Cohen gets close to one of India's greatest sacred celebrations, the Kumbh Mela. Taking place only once every 12 years, this gathering of holy men is surreal, passionate, and slightly mad.

Directed by Ira Cohen

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