Newari Film Project (1986.13.1-6)
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1986.13.1-6
name: label: Collection Creator
content: National Anthropological Film Center (U.S.)
label: Collection Creator
content: Johnson, Barbara
label: Collection Creator
content: Dorjee, Ragpa
label: Collection Creator
content: Reinhard, Johan
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content: National Anthropological Film Center films of Nepal
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content: National Anthropological Film Center films of Nepal / Newari Film Project (1986.13.1)
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (color sound, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1978
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Film reels
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content: Film footage shot by Barbara Johnson among the Jyapu subcaste of the Newars of Tawnany Tole, Thecho village in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal; August ll, views of Tawnany Tole courtyard from 3rd floor window of house where filmmaker stayed. ll AM, a father dries corn by spreading it on a mat with his feet; his young daughter immitates him; the courtyard is covered with mats of red peppers drying; a mother places her newborn under a tent made of a white cloth and poles to protect it from the sun. August ll, l PM, several girls play at the courtyard's old well; they move to tousle on some mats; giggling, the girls try to pry open the legs of one girl who also giggles. As the rain begins people come to gather their peppers off of the mats. August 12, 6 - 7 AM women perform their morning puja (worship) at the courtyard's Buddha (also called "chaittya")statue; they sprinkle water libations on it from brass pitchers, circle it and bow their foreheads to the small Buddhas carved into each of the four sides of the statue. Other women wait for water at the courtyard water tap; some women and girls at the tap wash containers, a girl with a brass offering plate puts a "tikka", or dot of sinduri (a fine red powder mixed to a paste with water and sometimes curd) on the foreheads of a few younger girls standing around.