Peoples of Unknown Yunnan: The Bai's Rice Cultivation  Part 2
odd: label: General
content: Local Number: HSFA 2004.10.23
name: label: Collection Producer
content: Ushiyama, Jun'ichi, 1930-1997
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content: Man TV
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (color sound; 1800 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1981
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Film follows traditional rituals and festivals associated with Bai peoples rice cultivation. Many of these rituals had been banned since the end of the 1950s with the rise of the Chinese Cultural Revolution. Of note is filming of the Torch Festival, practiced to drive away insects, for the first time since it was banned. Film was shot in a village along Lake Erhai in Dali Bai autonomous prefecture.  

Legacy Keywords: Rites and ceremonies ; Rice ; Agriculture ; cultivation ; Dance ; Music ; Musical instruments China ; Language and culture ; Asia ; China ; Festivals