Asia
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1987.9.11 - 3
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Boulton, Laura, 1899-1980
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content: Laura Boulton films
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (26 minutes, color silent; 932 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: Footage shot by Laura Boulton at various locations in Nepal in Kathmandu and the Kathmandu valley. Scenes of peasant life include work in the paddy fields and harvesting grain, panoramic scenes of the countryside, the manufacture of copper pots, and various street scenes in Kathmandu. Shots of the famous Buddhist shrine at Svayambu are also depicted including the giant gold vudra used in the ritual work of the Vudracharia priests, and devotees at Svayambu giving puja and spinning prayer wheels.

Legacy Keywords: Agricultural practices harvesting Nepal ; Dance Devil Dance Tibet ; Architecture religious Nepal Tibet ; Masks Devil Dancers Tibet ; Musical instruments cymbals drums horns conch shells Tibet ; Harvests threshing floor Nepal ; Smoking water pipes Nepal ; Shrines stupas Buddhist Nepal ; Ceremony Devil Dancers Tibet ; Irrigation paddy fields rice Nepal ; Peasantry Nepal ; Monks lamas Tibet ; Temples Hindu Ganesh Nepal ; Bathing Nepal ; Crafts brassworking pots Nepal ; Mortuary practices cremation site Nepal ; Shrines giant vudra Svayambu, Nepal