Asan Tol Project
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1989.5.1 - 10
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Lewis, Todd, 1952-
setName: label: See more items in
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 projects which includes scenes of events during the Buddhist month of Gulam in the surrounds of Svayambu, an important Buddhist pilgrimage site in the Kathmandu Valley. Shots of musical troupes (bajams) making their way along the roads to the hilltop shrine; panorama of the shrine; walls lined with Tibetan prayer wheels; clusters of votive shrines (stupas) at entrance to the hilltop; men and women bathing in the river, morning ablutions and purifications.

Legacy Keywords: Shrines Buddhist Svayambu ; Music drums bajams Svayambu ; Musical instruments drums worship Svayambu ; Religion worship music Svayambu ; Purification washing Buddhism Kathmandu Valley ; Ritual objects shrines stupas Svayambu ; Pilgrimages Buddhism Gulam Svayambu ; Architecture religious Buddhist Hindu Svayambu ; Language and culture

Video camera: Brian Hollander