Full film record created for the National Anthropological Film Center, Smithsonian Institution. Research film project documents daily life and subsistence activities of villagers and monastic life and ceremonials at the Buddhist monastery in Mathoo, Ladakh, India. The edited film, LADAKH VILLAGE MORNING, was produced from this footage.
Legacy Keywords: Language and culture ; Buddhism ; monastery ; Religion ; Rites and ceremonies ; Monks Buddhism ; Cookery ; Animal husbandry ; Agriculture ; Subsistence farming ; Tea ; New Year ceremony ; Dress adornment
Slide photographs shot in Mathoo Monastery, Mathoo Village, Ladakh, India. Numbers 1-4 five boy monks sitting on rooftop on monastery with a monk walking towards the boy in the corner, boys leaning against wall; 5-12 6 boy monks sititng on rooftop, five leaning against a wall and one in the center of the rooftop; 13-25 five boy monks, three leaning against rooftop wall, one leaning against planter and other sitting in middle, monk walking to center; 26-31 two boy monks, high angle shot, one sitting alone, other leaning against wall; 33-34 two boy monks on rooftop leaning against wall; 35 same as 26-31
Slide photographs shot in Mathoo Monastery, Mathoo Village, Ladakh, India. Slide numbers 1 two boy monks standing next to stone wall; 2 one boy monk in front of stone wall holding a yellow cloth; 3 three boy monks in front of stone wall; 4 boy monk with his hands in front of himself in front of a stone wall; 5 boy from 4 with boy in yellow shirt; 6-9 three boys standing in front of a stone wall, one of them holding money; 10 same as 1; 11 boy monk in front of stone wall, boy from 10; 12 boy monk wearing yellow; 13 two boy monks, one with yellow cloth on shoulder, other with red robe on; 14 two boy monks standing by stone wall, one in red robe, the other with yellow cloth over shoulder; 15 same boys from 14 with monk holding a yellow cloth; 16 boy monk holidng folded yellow cloth next to stone wall and wooden blue wall; 17 monk with red cloth next to stone wall; 18 courtyard with monks walking through; 19-26 rainbow above mountains; 27 two children coming down hill of stones and gravel; 28 river with boulder and stones with mountain in background; 29-30 girl in front of bhaatent (tent made of yak hair); 31 bhaatent with goat in front; 32 two men sitting on ground next to stony creek; 33 three people next to a bhaatent and creek; and 35-36 people gathered talking in front of stony creek.
Legacy Keywords: Tents India ; Rainbows ; Mountains India ; Monks Buddhism
Collection consists of full film record and edited film documenting Tibetan Buddhist communities in South India. Collection also contains associated texts, still film, sound recordings, annotations (recorded narratives), production logs, and field notes.
Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or Anthropology Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.
Provenance:
Received from the National Anthropological Film Center in 1986.
Restrictions:
The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.
Full film record created for the National Anthropological Film Center, Smithsonian Institution. Research film project documents everyday life and ritual from May through December 1978 at religious sites throughout the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, including Boudhanath, Swayambhu, the Ka-Nying, Sakya, and Tharig Monasteries, and the Jawalakhel Tibetan Settlement. Activities documented include the devotional act of puja and associated activities such as: money and mandala offerings; burning effigies; chanting; and playing of instruments including the gyeling, thokma, shells, drums, and cymbals. The Mahakala, Tara, and Chod Pujas are documented among others. Other documented activities include: meals, recitations, chores, and games among monks both young and old; local people attending meals and ceremonies; and a reception for an incarnated lama. Footage is of several different Tibetan Buddhist sects in the Nyingma, Kagyupa, Sakya, and Gelug schools, and various Buddhist leaders preside over the ceremonies.
General:
Local Numbers: HSFA 1986.13.39
Sponsor:
Cataloging supported by Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.
Full film record created for the National Human Studies Film Center (aka National Anthropological Film Center), Smithsonian Institution. Research film project documents the annual Rato Machhindranath festival in May-September 1979, during which devotees pull a chariot to ensure rainfall for crop growth. Footage documents crowds of people both observing and pulling the chariot, offerings of rice water and butter lamps, receiving tika, and Jyapu religious dances. The chariot is drawn through locales including Sundhara and Nakhu Bazaar; the festival ends with a large worship service and prayer. Other footage includes families engaging in everyday agricultural activities such as threshing, sweeping, harvesting, and preparing for rain.
General:
Local Numbers: HSFA 1986.13.40
Sponsor:
Cataloging supported by Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.
Full film record is a research film project shot in the Tibetan communities of southern India. Film footage includes the Offering of Long Life puja to Kyabji, Yamantaka ceremony, and Ceremony of Year Ending Propitiation Invocation at Gaden Shartse Monastery; the Gohe Samajha ceremony at Gaden Jangtse Monastery; the Monlam Chenmo ceremony, Chonga Shospa ceremony, and Ceremony of Matriya at Drepung Monastery; the New Year Incense Burning ceremony at Norbu Rhe; and the New Year ceremony at the Dalai Lama's palace, Mundgod, India. Footage also contains debating, chaam dancing, monastic daily life, and making of the Yamantaka mandala. The edited film BTSUNCHUN was produced from this footage.
Legacy Keywords: Language and culture ; Rites and ceremonies ; Religion Buddhism ; Buddhist monasteries ; Dance as part of ceremony ; Drums use of in religious activities ; Art, Buddhist ; Procession religious
Local Number:
HSFA 1986.13.9
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.
Collection Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Collection Citation:
National Anthropological Film Center films of Tibetan Buddhists in South India, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Sponsor:
Cataloging supported by Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee
Full film record is a research film project, shot at Tibetan Buddhist monastery Zonkar Choede, Hunsur, India. Film footage includes the Mahakala puja, making butter sculptures, making and consecrating masks, chaam dancing, and burning of the torma.
Legacy Keywords: Language and culture ; Religion Buddhism ; Rites and ceremonies ; Rituals ; Dance ceremonial ; Drums use of in religious activities ; Masks
Local Number:
HSFA 1986.13.8
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.
Collection Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Collection Citation:
National Anthropological Film Center films of Tibetan Buddhists in South India, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Sponsor:
Cataloging supported by Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee
1 Film reel (25 minutes, color sound; 900 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1980
Scope and Contents:
Edited film documents one day of a Tibetan Buddhist multi-day puja, Heruka, in Gaden Monastery, Mundgod, India.
Legacy Keywords: Language and culture ; Religion Buddhism ; Rites and ceremonies ; Buddhist monasteries ; Drums use of in religious activities
Local Number:
HSFA 1986.13.15
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.
Collection Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Collection Citation:
National Anthropological Film Center films of Tibetan Buddhists in South India, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Sponsor:
Cataloging supported by Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee
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