Asia
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1987.9.11-1
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Boulton, Laura, 1899-1980
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content: Laura Boulton films
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (26 minutes, color silent; 938 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1950
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: Film footage shot by Laura Boulton at locations in Tibet and Nepal. Shots in Tibet show lamas and traditional musicians accompanying masked Devil Dancers at a temple complex. Musicians play large horns, string instruments, drums, and conch shells as part of dance performance. Shots in Nepal show scenes in and around Kathmandu depicting peasant life and a religious festival in which a ratha(or mobile shrine) is pulled through the streets by devotees.

Legacy Keywords: Masks masked dance Devil Dancers Tibet ; Dance Devil Dancers Tibet ; Musical instruments horns conch shells drums Tibet ; Temples Tibet ; Ritual lamas musicians Tibet ; Shrines Buddhist Hindu ratha Kathmandu ; Architecture religious Kathmandu ; Adornment jewelry Nepal ; Art painting watercolors Nepal ; Peasants work Nepal ; Washing chores Nepal