Varanasi – Facing death without fear | DW Documentary
In India, Varanasi is considered a holy city. Millions of Hindus believe that people who die here, in this city on the Ganges, are lucky. Because if they are cremated here, they can break the eternal cycle of birth, death and rebirth.
Director Oliver Mayer grew up in a world in which most people are influenced by the Christian promise of eternal life. In Varanasi, he wants to understand why it is considered salvation to escape a cycle of rebirth.
He himself has already had to come to terms with death: A few years ago, his mother died, and it took him a long time to come to terms with his grief. He is fascinated by the fact that the end of life is not necessarily seen as negative in Hinduism. He wants to know how people manage to face death pragmatically and without fear – indeed, almost looking forward to it.
Mayer visits a very special hospice for the dying in Varanasi. Here, he encounters a different, more relaxed approach to death. He meets extraordinary people. They include the priests and relatives who care for the dying, workers from lower castes who cremate the dead and children like nine-year-old Kajal, who poses for photos dressed as the deity Shiva to earn money to support herself, her mother and her little brother.
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From one motherless Oliver to another, this was a great documentary. I have always struggled with the whole death thing, especially since my mother died and I'm always keen to learn more about how others deal with it.
I am only 17 minutes in and I can already see how I think one of the main disconnects that has led to the taboo of death for the host is how in India they view their elders and ancestors w/ reverence compared to the host who feels that w/ the death of his mother it is the last of her when Indians would disagree and say that while she has died she still lives on w/in the host.
It is one of the best city in the world. Even if you have no single rupees in your pocket, this city has the capacity to feed you whole life. 😊
All that burning is not good for the lungs or climate
DW, Kindly include official English subtitles.
I'm really wondered to see things
Amid the poverty, rat infested streets, open defecation
There is also
Serenity and smiles..
Love and laughter…
Good Samaritans next door helping each other…
Not bad compared to sterile city apartment block where old men die a lonely death, and his corpse is discovered by "neighbours" only after the stench become unbearable.
Money will give you lots of walls…
Walls to hide yourself from the world
Eventually the walls of your apartment become your coffin.
Amen ❗
Lots of India haters in the comments. Yes, we accept that we are not rich and clean like the rich world. But we survive and thrive. We WILL get better as time passes by. If you can't help us, at least don't INSULT us. This DW anchor felt better in his life after going there and so do many other Indians and foreigners. Haters are welcome to stay in their country.
Thanks DW
help poor women dont give money to her give to doctor
How peculiar things happen in Varanasi !!! be rational, be respectful on yourself.
most polluted city.
Great vidro. That is what I needes.
I think it is important that rutinisation towards deaths is not equal to be more philosophucal about death
I have loved DW documentary thank you
I need to go there every time i eat a Curry
Varanasi is an experience. No wonder, it is a soul-enriching journey to walk the streets and ghats of Varanasi. This video explores death in detail, but there are also innumerable 'normal' things to witness here.
This was a very heavy & intense video to watched. Hats off to the interviewer.
Shambo mahadeva🧡🧡🕉🕉
Watching in Varanasi hits different.
Don't see burning body as pollution.. Here Hindu's believe finally mass ( body ) will be converted into energy ( fire)
this documentary not for any materialistic person…
Always the entrepreneurs 😅
This city is absolutely one of the most polluted cities in the entire world.
I'm Indian, I know it. Doesn't mean it isn't sacred to Hindus.
Was für ein Elend.
Thank you DW documentary
I live in a nation where our national media shows Bollywood celebrities' children, richest man's son marriage day and night where at the same time a girl named Kajol begging on the banks of Ganga to save her mother's life
God and our freedom fighters please forgive us
Special note – this is the constituency of PM of India Narendra Modi
The most magic place on earth. Absolutely unique. THE place to leave your body, to die in deepest resonance with the absolute ground od being!
Some cultures are better than others….also, imagine the smell.
I can smell this video
I would rather say nothing. YouTube will probably delete my account if I give my thoughts on this spectacle.
I just cut myself on this glass here. Best to throw it away. (Me thinking he's going to throw it away on land). Chucks it behind him back into the river…..
Amazing documentary! Varanasi is on my bucket list of places to see before I die.
yes Ganga is polluted but it has certain chemical composition which is no where in world that keeps oxygen content at par level for aquatic animal to survive so yes fish does survive you can check it yourself.
Greeks Romans Hindus and Vikings named pagans by Christian people all burn body. Christianity preserves dead body in church.
Too evil Too cultist.
Is there a way we can help the lady who is in need of an operation?
In Hinduism all beings are souls and thus spiritual in nature. Though the body is temporary and eventually dies, the soul is eternal.
After death, the soul is reincarnated, taking birth in another physical body or form. Passing from one life to the next, each soul is on a journey of spiritual development facilitated in part by karma, the concept that every thought and action has a corresponding reaction. One experiences the results of both good and bad deeds over a series of lives. The soul is uplifted through every good action performed and degraded with every bad action.
Stuck in this cycle of birth and death, known as samsara, the soul experiences the results of its karma, through which it becomes more aware of how its actions affect the world and others around it. This growth of awareness enables one to become a more selfless and loving being, until enough progress has been made to attain moksha, or liberation from samsara, resulting in complete spiritual existence.
Hence death is an absolute truth
Amazing culture!!
I love India 🇮🇳 ❤️
Thanks DW for this reporting
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Have you seen the movie "The Impact" 2024? You've never seen anything like this before!
That has to be one of the most polluted places on earth.
City of death?
Lord, my love, please in your mercy awaken your Indian children so they believe in you and in your Holy Mother. Amen.
Thank you DW 🎉
Varanasi is the one of the oldest city in World 🌎
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Bangladesh অবস্তা খুব খারাপ আপনার বাংলাদেশে আশেন
DEATH IS THE SALVATION OF ALL LIFE. Why would anyone fear SALVATION???
Indian accent is funny especially the word people
Dw hats off even indian media would not have done this elaboratively
Face life without fear!
Greetings from Kashi. Har Har Mahadev