The Religious Investiture of His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: HSFA 1981.4.1
name: label: Creator
content: Owen Murphy Productions
label: Creator
content: Murphy, Owen
label: Creator
content: Office of Tibet (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935-
place: label: Place
content: East Asia
label: Place
content: Lhasa (China)
label: Place
content: Tibet Autonomous Region (China)
topic: label: Topic
content: Rites and ceremonies
label: Topic
content: Dalai lamas
label: Topic
content: Buddhism
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from the Office of Tibet in 1981.
creator: label: Creator
content: Owen Murphy Productions
label: Creator
content: Murphy, Owen
label: Creator
content: Office of Tibet (New York, N.Y.)
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (color sound; 522 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1970
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.1981.04
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: Edited film from footage of unknown origin depicting the investiture and procession of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Lhasa, Tibet in 1958 and 1959. Procession, including mounted horsemen, people on foot, and the Dalai Lama in a palanquin, is shown beginning outside Lhasa and continuing to the site of the investiture. Music and dance are performed in elaborate costume.

Legacy keywords:
Language and culture ; Dance ; Music drums horn ; Tent ; Architecture Details ; Procession ; Costume ; Transport palanqun horse automoible ; Llamas

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relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The Human Studies Film Archives also holds the related Office of Tibet film of the Dalai Lama, circa 1970.