| POSON FESTIVAL IN CEYLON Thousands attend religious festival in Ceylon. Variable light quality. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 8900 | |
| Catalog #: | 280798 | |
| Clip Number: | 280798-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | UN 3920 C | |
| Timecode: | 01:19:06 - 01:23:09 | |
| Location: | Ceylon (Sri Lanka) | |
| Year Shot: | 1964 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ART: Sacred FESTIVALS: Religious LOCATIONS/ASIA: Sri Lanka (Ceylon) RELIGION: Buddhism RELIGION: Pilgrimage RELIGION: Prayer | |
| Description: | POSON FESTIVAL IN CEYLON Thousands attend religious festival in Ceylon. Variable light quality. Ceylon (Sri Lanka) VS Across the island of Ceylon showing pilgrims and devotees on their way to temples and statues. CU of Temple. WS of devotees and pilgrims walking and sitting near trees. Indians dressed in all white stand in line on a staircase leading up to a temple. CU of relief sculptures in the stone (religious art). MS of Indians walking and waiting in large numbers. Three girls in colored saris and more Western dress prepare food (grind food?). Old Indians sit and eat. A monk prays. Group of girls fold their hands in prayer. Indians kneel and pray before Buddha. An old man with a huge, white flower in his hands prays. A young Indian with large teeth (facial deformity?) throws something small in a fire and is delighted. More crowd shots of those on a religious pilgrimage. WS of the area. A woman kneels and prays as a young boy (her son?) sits beside her. WS of a long, winding line up a rock formation. MS of devotees. A young child kneels and prays by himself. CU statue of Buddha from different angles. An old woman arises from prayer and looks at the camera. Traveling shots of a reclining religious figure with pilgrims sitting amongst it. A religious shrine features a statue of Buddha in the lotus position. CU relief sculptures in stone. CU of stones in a graveyard (?). | |
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