Footage documenting various aspects of daily life and ceremonial activities in an Aymara altiplano village, Igavi Province, Bolivia. Documentation includes: an Aymara wedding with church service and festivities; festival activities during Carnival which includes various costumed and masked-dance traditions (e.g., Morenda dancers) performed in the village plaza; a funeral service and burial; and various economic and subsistence activities including brickmaking, plowing, and harvesting of grain. Footage forms part of the William Earl Carter Papers in the National Anthropological Archives.
Legacy Keywords: Dance morenda Carnival Bolivia ; Weddings Aymara Bolivia ; Carnival Bolivia ; Funerals mortuary practices Aymara Bolivia
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 As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today.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.
Local Number:
HSFA 1986.11.7
Related Materials:
The National Anthropological Archives holds the William Earl Carter papers.
Provenance:
Transferred from the National Anthropological Archives 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.
Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Genre/Form:
silent films
Citation:
William E. Carter film of an Aymara village, Bolivia, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Edited films, camera original film outtakes and uncut film footage (Afghanistan and Bolivia only), from the Faces of Change film series produced by the American University Field Staff. 27 edited films were created from filming projects in five diverse geographic locations: Afghanistan (the Maldar), Bolivia (Aymara), Kenya (Boran), Taiwan, and Soko Islands (Hong Kong) and are based around the themes rural society, education, rural economy, beliefs and women.
Supplementary materials: Study guides, still photographs, sound recordings, annotations, translations, reviews, essays, production logs and 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.
Local Numbers:
HSFA 2014.2
Provenance:
Received from Norman Miller in multiple accessions in the following years:
1975 (accession number 1975-002); 1986 (accession number 1986-010); 2005 (accession number 2006-005); and 2014 (accession number 2014-002).
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.
