Todd Lewis films of Samyak and Panchare Festivals in Nepal
odd: label: Local Number
content: HSFA 1980.4.1
name: label: Creator
content: Lewis, Todd, 1952-
label: Creator
content: National Anthropological Film Center (U.S.)
place: label: Place
content: South Asia
label: Place
content: Nepal
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from Todd Lewis in 1980.
creator: label: Creator
content: Lewis, Todd, 1952-
label: Creator
content: National Anthropological Film Center (U.S.)
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Todd Lewis was a doctoral candidate at Columbia University in the Religion Department with diseration on Newari Buddhism in Asan Tol, Kathmandu, Nepal.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: Film reels (color sound; 9500 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1980
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Previously titled "Samyak and Panchare Festivals in Nepal 1980."
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.1980.04
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
label: Type
content: Sound films
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Titles are supplied by the archivist for untitled films.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound films
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Full film record created for the National Anthropological Film Center, Smithsonian Institution. Footage documents the Samyak festival which takes place near the Hanamendoka Palace and the Panchare Festival, a nighttime celebration which is held every 12 years in Asan Tol, Kathmandu, Nepal. Scenes of the Samyak Festival include various ritual duties performed by different castes such as cooking rice and radishes, sewing leaves, purifying water, preparing the hearth, and cutting of toenails. Scenes of the Panchare Festival are predominately the festival procession. Footage also includes a macha byenkugu (infant bathing) ceremony.  Collection also contains sound recordings.

Legacy Keywords: language and culture ; Headgear ; Parade ; Music ; Musical instruments flute cimbals drums fiddle ; Dance ; Ritual fence ; Protective mask ; Cast groups ; Rice ; Radish ; Copper cooking pot ; Costume ; Carriages ; Cows ; Pipe smoking ; Tents ; Hearths ; Purified water ; Flags ; Stupas ; Yaktails ; Drum dhapa ; Hanamendoka Palace (Kathmandu, Nepal) ; Hanuman Dhoka Palace (Kathmandu, Nepal) ; Kastamandapa ; Svayambhu Hill (Kathmandu, Nepal) ; Asia ; Nepal ; Buddha

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