Asan Tol Project
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1989.5.1 - 2b
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 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 throughout the day showing the chaninging patterns of street traffic in the bazaar, 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