| CHINESE FUNERAL Richard Merchant's traditional Chinese funeral in Hong Kong. | ||
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| Catalog #: | 55251 | |
| Clip Number: | 55251-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 1060 | |
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| Location: | Hong Kong. | |
| Year Shot: | 1924 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | FUNERALS: Cultural Traditions LOCATIONS/ASIA: Hong Kong PARADES AND PROCESSIONS: Cultural PARADES AND PROCESSIONS: Funeral | |
| Description: | MISSING 4/5/2007 The Chinese way - the funeral of Richest Merchant in Hong Kong seems more merry than melancholy to our western ideas. Hong Kong. M/S of an elaborately decorated coffin on a platform carried on the shoulders of a dozen or so traditionally dressed Chinese men, they are followed by a procession of mourners walking through the Hong Kong streets. M/S of more men carrying a traditionally dressed woman seated on a throne, she covers her face as they pass the camera, another woman on a similar throne follows. M/S of men wearing paper costumes resembling birds and creatures walking through the streets. | |
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