Tibet (Buddhism) -- "Sa-gShi Byin-rLob": Ceremony of the Establishment of the Tibetan Monastic Institute
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.327; E01511
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
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content: 1 Film reel (21 minutes, color sound, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1967
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
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content: Archival materials
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content: Film reels
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content: Edited film: covers the ceremony of consecration of the ground for this institute in Rikon, Switzerland, according to Lamaistic rites by monks of the Gelugpa sect. A coordinate system is measured and drawn out on a platform, and a god is drawn inside it. Earth is removed from a small rectangle of ground and is scattered across the entire circumference of the future building.
Legacy Keywords: China ; Tibet ; Asia; Buddhism