Asia
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1987.9.11
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Boulton, Laura, 1899-1980
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content: Laura Boulton films
physdesc: label: Extent
content: Film reels (6 hours, color silent; 12,960 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1950
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: Film footage shot at various locations in Asia including Tibet, Nepal, India, Thailand, Korea, Taiwan and Formosa. Key points of ethnographic and historical interest include: musicians and bhanchum (masked dance performance) at Boudhanath with the Chini Lama (Tibet); temple complexes of Kathmandu including Buddhist shrine at Swayambu, Chandra Norian and Pashi Paddi temples, various Rana wedding scenes, and daily life of Newar and Tamang peoples (Nepal); scenes in the Nilgiri hills (Orissa Province, India) depicting the lifeways of the Todas; spectacle of the Purna Kumba Mela in New Delhi (India); ratrei (mobile Hindu shrine) pulled through the streets; a royal state procession in Bangkok (Thailand); shots of refugee camps and United States troops in Korea; and scenes in Taiwan and Formosa showing military preparedness for possible invasion by the Communist Chinese.

Legacy Keywords: Architecture religious Nepal India ; Masks Devil Dancers Tibet ; Musical instruments horns drums vina India ; Shrines ratha stupas Nepal ; Temples Nepal India ; Agricultural practices irrigation paddy Nepal India ; Harvests Nepal India ; Dance traditional Devil Dancers Tibet ; Art men painting with watercolors ; Cooking ; Procession secular