India, Orissa (Kuttia Khond) -- "Meriah" Buffalo Sacrifice
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.352; E00179
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 (14 minutes, black-and-white 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: shows scenes of the large festival held in March at the site of the "Meriah" sacrifice long ago. This celebration honors the gods of the earth and the fertility of the fields and culminates in the buffalo sacrifice.
Legacy Keywords: India ; India, Orissa ; Asia; Kuttia Khond