Montagnard-Dega Ethnic Minority People of the Highlands of South Vietnam film
odd: label: Local Number
content: HSFA 1988.15.1
name: label: Creator
content: Duc, Luong
place: label: Place
content: Southeast Asia
label: Place
content: Vietnam
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from Kay Reibold in 1988.
creator: label: Creator
content: Duc, Luong
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Luong Duc was director of Hanoi Documentary Film Studio Enterprises.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3 Film reels (70 minutes, color silent; 2440 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1988
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.1988.15
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
label: Type
content: Silent films
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Titles are supplied by the archivist for untitled films.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: silent films
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Full film record shot by a Vietamese film crew for a documentary production about the culture of the Montagnard-Dega people of the central highlands in South Vietnam including the Bahnar, Jarai, Ede, Rhade, Lak, and Koho ethnic groups. Documentation in Gai-lai-Kontum Province includes celebrations and dances of the Bahnar and Jarai peoples including a reenactment of the Jarai king of fire celebration in Cheo Reo; landscapes around Pleiku including Bien Ho and Cu H'Drung; and traditional village life, boar hunting, weaving, and funeral houses in the Bahnar villages of Lang Co and Cho Gang. Documentation in Dac Lac Province includes an ede celebration in the village of Cu Pong (Buon Ho district, Ban-Me-Thuot area) featuring gong players and working elephants (used by members of the Dega Highlands Liberation Front for transport of supplies) and their mahouts in the village of Ban Don near the Cambodian border. Documention in Lam Dong Province includes a buffalo sacrifice in Lac Duong by a group of Lak and Koho villagers, a rice wine celebration, and scenery around Dalat including Da-Tan-la and Prenn waterfalls.

Legacy Keywords: Language and culture ; Dance ; Instruments musical instruments ; Rites and ceremonies ; Funeral rites and ceremonies ; Celebrations ; Domestic and family life ; Weaving g ; Hunting ; Animal sacrifice as part of ritual ; Elephants domestication ; Landscapes

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