Asan Tol Project
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1989.5.1 - 3b
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Lewis, Todd, 1952-
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content: Todd Lewis films of Asan Tol
physdesc: label: Extent
content: Video recordings (color sound)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1987
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Video recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Full video record is a documentation project of a day in the life of Asan Tol, a central marketplace/bazaar in Kathmandu which is important both as a hub for economic transactions and a focal point in the religious geography of the Kathmandu Valley. Shots taken on the hour beginning at 6:00am (continues sequences from 89.5.1 -1a and 2a); features interaction of pedestrians and "day sellers" (vendors), the perambulations of cows "grazing" in the urban ecology and devotional touching of the cows by Hindu passerbys; circumambulations of people making devotions as the Buddhist temple of Annapurna; rickshaw drivers making their way through the square; bearers carrying various loads; combination of roof top and street level shots; scenes during the latter part of the day into the night.

Legacy Keywords: Ritual devotions Temple of Annapurna ; Bazaar markets ; Streets social interaction in Kathmandu ; Transportation rickshaws peddie cabs ; Markets Asan Tol Kathmandu ; Temples Annapurna Newar Buddhism ; Cattle cows devotional behaviors towards ; Flowers vendors of Kathmandu ; Shrines mobile Ratha Kathmandu ; Religion ritual devotion Bodhisattva Kathmandu ; Crowds bazaars social interaction Kathmandu ; Architecture religious Buddhism Hinduism Kathmandu ; Ecology urban interaction within Kathmandu ; Language and culture

Video camera: Brian Hollander