A Trek to Little Tibet
odd: label: Local Number
content: HSFA 1991.21.8
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Explorers Club
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content: Explorers Club films
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (24 minutes, color silent; 864 feet)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1941
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 by M. Bhavnani records trip through Kashmir (Pakistan and India) and Ladakh (India). Footage includes: crossing the Wayil bridge in Srinagar (India); pony treks into the Himalayas; market, school, spinning, knitting, weaving wool, and women's headdresses in a small village; marriage ceremony; Ladakhis playing polo; monastaries with focus on Hemis monastary; chortens, a prostration ceremony performed in front of stupas; and "Mystery" plays with masked (chaam) dancers depicting the fight of Lord Buddha with evil and ignorance.  Walter Asboe, a British missionary, is shown in a flower garden in Leh, Ladakh.

Legacy Keywords: Language and culture ; Rites and ceremonies ; Architecture Religious ; Clothing and dress ; Religious beliefs ; Dance as part of ceremony ; Instruments musical instruments ; Drums ; Music ; Weaving g ; Tea as beverage ; Domestic and family life ; Mountains India