Santal Village, Bihar, India film
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: 1983.4.1
name: label: Creator
content: David, Cyril
place: label: Place
content: South Asia
label: Place
content: Bihar (India)
topic: label: Topic
content: Architecture, Domestic
label: Topic
content: Dance
label: Topic
content: Agriculture
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This film was donated by David Cyril in 1983.
creator: label: Creator
content: David, Cyril
culture: label: Culture
content: Santal (South Asian people)
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (30 minutes, black-and-white silent negative; 1100 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1980
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.1983.04
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
label: Type
content: Silent films
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Titles are supplied by the archivist for untitled films.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: silent films
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Footage shot by Cyril David of a Santal village, Bihar State, India in January 1980.

Film documentation of daily life among Santal villagers in Bihar State, India. The footage includes scenes of traditional house construction, rope making, pottery making, the rice harvest, threshing, grain storage procedures, methods of transporting water, child care, dance, and grooming. 

Full film record depicting the daily life of the Santal people in Bihar, India.

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