Footage shot for the National Anthropological Film Center, Smithsonian Institution, to identify villages for a future film project. Aspects of Raji daily life are featured; weaving fishnets and casting them to fish; women washing and preparing vegetables; young girls bringing water up from the well; men carrying branches to use in building houses; a religious ceremony involving the planting of a tree and the blessing of "tika," a red dye mixed with rice; the use of sevearl varieties of mortars and pestles; men transporting large loads to other villages in baskets.
General:
Local Numbers: HSFA 1986.13.24
Sponsor:
Cataloging supported by Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.
Full video record is a documentation project including scenes of the celebration of Paunchadon in Kathmandu (the Buddhist feast day of the "Five Gifts" when voluntary associations (gouti) give offerings to the Vajracarya (Newar Buddhist elites). Shots of ritual offerings of food being given in ceremonial fashion at courtyard shrines, in homes, and on the streets. Shots of a Newar courtyard (baha) where puja offerings are made before the images of a Bodhisattva. Interior of a merchants house where an image of the Buddah is kept and prestations of food given to the Vajracarya.
Legacy Keywords: Ritual Paunchadon Pancadana Kathmandu (Nepal) ; Caste groups ritual relations between Kathmandu ; Altars ritual offerings Paunchadon Kathmandu ; Food as ritual offering ; Statues Buddhist ; Shrines Buddhist ; Priests Paunchadon Kathmandu ; Ritual offerings puja ; Language and culture
Video camera: Brian Hollander
General:
Local Numbers: HSFA 1989.5.1 - 5a
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:
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Collection Citation:
Todd Lewis films of Asan Tol, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Central Asia, Nepal (Gaine) -- Dance Song with Accompaniment of Three "Sarangi" Fiddles
Collection Creator:
Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film (Göttingen, Germany) Search this
Extent:
1 Film reel (6 minutes, black-and-white sound, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1966
Scope and Contents:
Edited film: three members of the Gaine caste perform a narrative song. One instrument carries the melody while the other two provide accompaniment. Another Gaine improvises a solo dance composed of traditional movements.
Legacy Keywords: Nepal ; Central Asia, Nepal ; Asia; Gaine
General:
Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.370; E01706
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:
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Collection Citation:
Institut Für Den Wissenschaftlichen Filmen (IWF) Encyclopaedia Cinematographica film collection, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Central Asia, Nepal (Newar, Jyapu Caste) -- "Bansuri khala" Group of Musicians with Transverse Flutes
Collection Creator:
Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film (Göttingen, Germany) Search this
Extent:
1 Film reel (3 minutes, black-and-white sound, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1966
Scope and Contents:
Edited film: members of the Jyapu caste play an instrumental arrangement of a secular song. A dancer improvises movements to it according to the typical expressions used in men's dances in the area.
Legacy Keywords: Nepal ; Central Asia, Nepal ; Asia; Newar, Jyapu Caste
General:
Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.373; E01708
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:
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Collection Citation:
Institut Für Den Wissenschaftlichen Filmen (IWF) Encyclopaedia Cinematographica film collection, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Central Asia, Nepal (Newar, Kullu Caste) -- Covering and Tuning the Drum "Madal"
Collection Creator:
Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film (Göttingen, Germany) Search this
Extent:
1 Film reel (9 minutes, black-and-white sound, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1966
Scope and Contents:
Edited film: skins and bracing cords for this small barrel-shaped drum are cut from goatskin and placed on the instrument. Both skins are smeared with black tuning paste and are tuned by using the bracing cords. The drum is demonstrated by the drum maker, a member of the Kullu caste.
Legacy Keywords: Nepal ; Central Asia, Nepal ; Asia; Newar, Kullu Caste
General:
Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.374; E01703
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:
Institut Für Den Wissenschaftlichen Filmen (IWF) Encyclopaedia Cinematographica film collection, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Central Asia, Nepal (Gaine) -- Dance Song with Accompaniment of Three "Sarangi" Fiddles
Collection Creator:
Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film (Göttingen, Germany) Search this
Extent:
1 Film reel (6 minutes, black-and-white sound, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1966
Scope and Contents:
Edited film: three members of the Gaine caste perform a narrative song. One instrument carries the melody while the other two provide accompaniment. Another Gaine improvises a solo dance composed of traditional movements.
Legacy Keywords: Nepal ; Central Asia, Nepal ; Asia; Gaine
General:
Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.370; E01706
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:
Institut Für Den Wissenschaftlichen Filmen (IWF) Encyclopaedia Cinematographica film collection, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Central Asia, Nepal (Newar, Jyapu Caste) -- "Bansuri khala" Group of Musicians with Transverse Flutes
Collection Creator:
Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film (Göttingen, Germany) Search this
Extent:
1 Film reel (3 minutes, black-and-white sound, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1966
Scope and Contents:
Edited film: members of the Jyapu caste play an instrumental arrangement of a secular song. A dancer improvises movements to it according to the typical expressions used in men's dances in the area.
Legacy Keywords: Nepal ; Central Asia, Nepal ; Asia; Newar, Jyapu Caste
General:
Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.373; E01708
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:
Institut Für Den Wissenschaftlichen Filmen (IWF) Encyclopaedia Cinematographica film collection, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Central Asia, Nepal (Newar, Kullu Caste) -- Covering and Tuning the Drum "Madal"
Collection Creator:
Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film (Göttingen, Germany) Search this
Extent:
1 Film reel (9 minutes, black-and-white sound, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1966
Scope and Contents:
Edited film: skins and bracing cords for this small barrel-shaped drum are cut from goatskin and placed on the instrument. Both skins are smeared with black tuning paste and are tuned by using the bracing cords. The drum is demonstrated by the drum maker, a member of the Kullu caste.
Legacy Keywords: Nepal ; Central Asia, Nepal ; Asia; Newar, Kullu Caste
General:
Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.374; E01703
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:
Institut Für Den Wissenschaftlichen Filmen (IWF) Encyclopaedia Cinematographica film collection, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
The John T. Hitchcock Papers contain correspondence, field notes, manuscripts, maps, photographs, and slides relating to his ethnographic research in India and Nepal (1960s). The collection also contains materials relating to his teaching career at the University of Wisconsin.
Provenance:
Received from Catharine McClellan in 2004.
Restrictions:
Access to the John T. Hitchcock papers requires an appointment.
