Asan Tol Project
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1989.5.1 - 4b
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 daily activities in 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. Sequences include street level shots of itinerant fruit sellers who ply their trade on the streets of Kathmandu; flower sellers making garlands and selling flowers next to the Temple of Annapurna in Asan Tol; scenes in a Newar courtyard (baha) with shots of votive shrines; ritual offerings of puja during a Theravada Buddhist ceremony; various scenes of the urban ecology around Asan Tol; shots of rice paddys being worked in the countryside around Kathmandu near the village of Toka; women planting rice, men hoeing and plowing; and local temples.

Legacy Keywords: Vendors markets Kathmandu ; Bazaar markets ; Streets social interaction in Kathmandu ; Temples Kathmandu ; Markets Asan Tol Kathmandu ; Temples Annapurna Newar Buddhism ; Shrines Buddhist stupas chityas ; Flowers vendors of Kathmandu ; Shops Kathmandu ; Religion ritual offerings Kathmandu ; Agriculture rice cultivation Kathmandu Valley ; Architecture religious Buddhism Hinduism Kathmandu ; Division of labor by sex rice cultivation Kathmandu Valley ; Alcohol as palliative to work Kathmandu ; Disease elephantiasis Kathmandu Valley ; Work groups rice cultivation Kathmandu Valley ; Tools hand hoe kodari Kathmandu Valley ; Language and culture

Video camera: Brian Hollander