India, Jhabua District (Bhil) -- Gallows Swinging: "Gal-Bapsi" Festival
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.347; E00239
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film (Göttingen, Germany)
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content: Institut Für Den Wissenschaftlichen Filmen (IWF) Encyclopaedia Cinematographica film collection
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (2 minutes, black-and-white silent, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1939
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: records this festival of gallows swinging, a magical and religious custom performed in central and southern India. Believers who have made certain vows for this celebration are swung repeatedly in circles from a 10-meter high gallows...thus honoring their god who angles not for fish, but for men.
Legacy Keywords: India ; India, Jhabua District ; Asia; Bhil