Indochina, South Vietnam (Vietnamese) -- Buddhist Ceremony on New Year's Day: "Tet"
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.442; E00800
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 (6 minutes, color silent, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1963
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: the religious ceremony shown here is part of the Buddhist New Year festival, Tet. It is carried out by seven priest-monks at a pagoda near Hue and is attended by a small number of believers. The sounds of a bell and a gong drive away evil spirits before the ceremony begins. The chief priest and his assistants fall down in prayer before the brightly decorated altar; then they pace solemnly around it several times.
Legacy Keywords: Vietnam ; Indochina, South Vietnam ; Asia; Vietnamese