| RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL People of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) celebrate Kataragama Hindu festival. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5925 |
| Catalog #: | 3271 | |
| Clip Number: | 3271-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 63/67 | |
| Timecode: | 01:13:34 - 01:15:06 | |
| Location: | Ceylon (Sri Lanka) | |
| Year Shot: | 1963 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ANIMALS/MAMMALS: Elephants ENTERTAINMENT/DANCE: Ethnic / Cultural FESTIVALS: Religious LOCATIONS/ASIA: Sri Lanka (Ceylon) RELIGION: Buddhism RELIGION: Hindu | |
| Description: | Religious festival. Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Various shots crowds gathering for the Kataragama Hindu festival. C/U woman walking in crowd. C/U pan old man with white hair and white beard. M/S man with stakes through his cheeks and pins stuck in his arm, dancing and brandishing a spear. C/U man with short spear through his cheeks and hooks in his chest and stomach dancing. Various shots devotees bathing in the 'Menik Ganga' (River of Gems). M/S of a man with painted and pierced body carrying a trident. C/U of the man's back and arms with pins stuck in them, pan down to show four hooks in his back. M/S men and women dancing in circles by the river. Various shots women dancing. Various shots crowds of devotees. M/S people dancing. C/U man rolling over on the ground holding a coconut. M/S's of the temple of tooth relics of Buddha. M/S dancers preceding the elephants carrying the tooth relics. L/S of the elephants. Various shots of the elephant carrying the tooth relics on its back. Various shots of the three elephants | |
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