Burma: Pwe Festival and Miscellaneous
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1989.2.6
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Coomaraswamy, Ananda K. (Ananda Kentish), 1877-1947
label: Collection Creator
content: Holmes, Burton, 1870-1958
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content: Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy films
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (6 minutes, silent black-and-white; 126 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1925
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 documents a pwe ceremony typically held to commemorate the dedication of a house or monastery. Included are scenes of pwe musicians playing drum, xylophones, and flutes while young girls dance. Also recorded are shots of local inhabitants and women washing clothes at river's edge and brief shots of Pagan, the old Burmese capital, and the Ananda temple.