Bharvad Pastoralists of Western India
odd: label: Local Number
content: HSFA 1984.15.1
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Jhala, Jayasinhji
label: Collection Creator
content: Sandall, Roger
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content: Jayasinjhi Jhala  and Roger Sandall films of Bharvad Pastoralists of Western India
physdesc: label: Extent
content: Film reels (10 hours, color sound; 20,000 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1983
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 documents elements of life among the Bharvad pastoralists, a caste recently sedentarized by government policy in Gujurat, western India. Footage documents the ecology of the region where substandard agricultural fields grade into desert; activities related to herding by Bharvad men and boys; the relationship between men and their herds; interactions between the Bharvad and the farmers of the region who represent the majority castes; various aspects of subsistence activity in domestic compounds; activities related to animal husbandry including the watering and herding of animals, collecting of cattle dung, and feeding and milking cows; the dehorning of a bullock; herders demonstrating the martial art use of their staffs; plowing and irrigating fields; work in a salt pan; interviews with Bharvad men and local village headmen relating to contested rights over land and water; and a formal mediation between farmers and Bharvad accused of violating land rights of the farmers. The film The Bharvad Predicament" was produced from this footage.

Legacy Keywords: Language and culture ; Pastoral activities in relation to agriculture India ; Animal husbandry India ; Agriculture related to pastoralism India ; Threshing threshing floors India ; Harvests India ; Crops agricultural cotton lentils India ; Conflict ethnic conflict land resources India ; Cattle breeding of India ; Wells pastoral activities India ; Ropes manufacture of India ; Garb emblematic of ethnic identity India ; Play children India ; Singing ballads herders India ; Tillage bullocks India ; Ecology desert forestry grassland India ; Adornment jewelry emblematic of caste India ; Households domestic cycle of India ; Tattooing on women India ; Garb related to generational status India ; Irrigation pumps canals India ; Pottery manufacture of wheels India ; Ceremony puja multi-caste event India ; Ritual fire oblations India ; Dancing as part of ritual India ; Drums in ritual India ; Musical instruments use of in ritual India ; Music ; Castration animal husbandry caste functions India ; Tobacco pipes smoking India ; Marriage caste ideology India ; Embroidery clothing emblematic of caste India ; Salt salt pans India ; Herding India ; Corrals cattle stockades India ; Weaving techniques of India ; Looms India ; Shrines offerings at councils convened at India ; India ; Gujarat (India) ; Jesada village (India) ; Asia ; Bhavar ; Hindus