Film Studies of Traditional Tibetan Life and Culture: Mundgod, South India
odd: label: Local Number
content: HSFA 1986.13.9
name: label: Collection Creator
content: National Anthropological Film Center (U.S.)
label: Collection Cinematographer
content: Dorjee, Ragpa
label: Collection Filmmaker
content: Maloney, M. Michael
label: Collection Creator
content: Maradol, Mathias
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content: National Anthropological Film Center films of Tibetan Buddhists in South India
physdesc: label: Extent
content: Film reels (color sound; 47,240 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1979
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: Full film record is a research film project shot in the Tibetan communities of southern India. Film footage includes the Offering of Long Life puja to Kyabji, Yamantaka ceremony, and Ceremony of Year Ending Propitiation Invocation at Gaden Shartse Monastery; the Gohe Samajha ceremony at Gaden Jangtse Monastery; the Monlam Chenmo ceremony, Chonga Shospa ceremony, and Ceremony of Matriya at Drepung Monastery; the New Year Incense Burning ceremony at Norbu Rhe; and the New Year ceremony at the Dalai Lama's palace, Mundgod, India. Footage also contains debating, chaam dancing, monastic daily life, and making of the Yamantaka mandala. The edited film BTSUNCHUN was produced from this footage.

Legacy Keywords: Language and culture ; Rites and ceremonies ; Religion Buddhism ; Buddhist monasteries ; Dance as part of ceremony ; Drums use of in religious activities ; Art, Buddhist ; Procession religious