Indian Dramatic Dances (The Nautch) and Yakkun Netuma: Devil Dancing in Ceylon
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1989.2.2
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 (18 minutes, silent black-and-white; 536 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1920-1930
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 films shot in India. The first film documents the nautch dance, a style of Indian-influenced dance with characteristic movements of the head and hands, and depicts the dance's communicative function. Filmed are dances in Mathura (northern India) and Conjeevaran (southern India) and Muhammadan dancing girls in a Kashmir garden. The second film documents a devil dance which is performed by professional dancers to exorcise the demons of disease.