Newari Film Project (1986.13.1-7)
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1986.13.1-7
name: label: Collection Creator
content: National Anthropological Film Center (U.S.)
label: Collection Creator
content: Johnson, Barbara
label: Collection Creator
content: Dorjee, Ragpa
label: Collection Creator
content: Reinhard, Johan
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content: National Anthropological Film Center films of Nepal
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content: National Anthropological Film Center films of Nepal / Newari Film Project (1986.13.1)
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (color sound, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1978
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 Barbara Johnson among the Jyapu subcaste of the Newars of Tawnany Tole, Thecho village in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal; August l2, 8AM, tea and morning meal preparation in third floor kitchen of house of the widow Nakali, with whom the filmmaker stayed; use of a kerosene stove brought to the house by the filmmaker, still something of a luxury in this village. Nakali's nephew (son of her husband's brother) who lives in the attached house next door, interacts with his young children. August 13, 9 AM to noon, courtyard activities in Tawnany Tole; children help to de-cob corn and dry red peppers on mats for storage;ya younger sibling antagonizes an older one; a woman inspects her child's feces and asks another woman's opinion; children work with adults to clear mats as it starts to rain.