Worship of the Deity Ayyappan
odd: label: Local Number
content: HSFA 1977.3.1
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Jones, Clifford Reis
setName: label: See more items in
content: Clifford Reis Jones films
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (21 minutes, color sound; 600 feet)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1975
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 documenting temple worship of Nambudri Brahmins in Kerala, India. The film represents scenes from an eight-hour Nambudri ceremony which culminates in the possession of a shaman-priest and the oracular communications through him from the diety Ayyappan to devotees.