Rumtek Monastery, Sikkim films
odd: label: Local Number
content: HSFA 1987.11.1
name: label: Creator
content: Elliott, Mark
place: label: Place
content: South Asia
label: Place
content: India
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from the Nalanda Foundation in 1987.
creator: label: Creator
content: Elliott, Mark
physdesc: label: Extent
content: Film reels (color sound; 40,000 feet)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1982
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.1987.11
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
label: Type
content: Sound films
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound films
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Full film record documenting rituals of and the lay community around Rumtek Monastery and the cremation ceremonies of the XVI Gyalwang Karmapa. The edited film LION'S ROAR was produced from this project.

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