India, Orissa (Kuttia Khond) -- Ceremonial Eating of the First Mango Fruits and the Hunting Oracle
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.354; E00195
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film (Göttingen, Germany)
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content: Institut Für Den Wissenschaftlichen Filmen (IWF) Encyclopaedia Cinematographica film collection
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (3 minutes, color silent, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1956
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Edited film: the first ripe mango fruits are offered up; the fruits are then thrown, and the luck of the hunt is determined by their positions. The men of the community eat the offered fruit and set out immediately on the first hunt of the year.
Legacy Keywords: India ; India, Orissa ; Asia; Kuttia Khond