Shadow Puppet Drama in South India: the Ramayana of Kamban
odd: label: Local Number
content: HSFA 1977.3.3
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Jones, Clifford Reis
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content: Clifford Reis Jones films
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (30 minutes, color sound; 1020 feet)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1975
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: Edited film was shot in Kerala, India, of the shadow puppet drama performed throughout southern India in honor of the goddess Bagivagit. The film depicts the consecration rites at a shrine to Bagivagit preparatory to the drama and the mythic struggle enacted by the puppet figures.