| WITH EVE IN MADAGASCAR Travelling Musicians Perform in Madagascar | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6765 |
| Catalog #: | 434375 | |
| Clip Number: | 434375-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | EP 210 | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | Madagascar | |
| Year Shot: | 1931 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ENTERTAINMENT/MUSIC: Traditional, Folk | |
| Description: | WITH EVE IN MADAGASCAR Traditional entertainment in a village in Madagascar - singing and dancing. Travelling group of musicians & dancers put on a performance in a village. Most of the population in Madagascar are the Malagasy tribes. Madagascar "As with the rest of the world, even the ladies of Madagascar fall under the spell of travelling Artists and Singers." MCU 2 African women & 1 man, in white robes, standing and singing. Crowd sitting on ground around them. CU woman singing or speaking; crowd in BG. CU man and woman. LS crowd of men, women & children sitting on the ground; most wrapped in white robes. MS some of the children sitting toward front. CU 2 young girls. CU child in white robe, with print scarf tied over head. MLS performers standing: incl. man waving conductor's baton (but facing out, away from musicians), violin players, drummers, and singers. MS men & women singing. CU man singing. CU woman singing. MLS 2 men wearing robes tied with wide sashes around their waists, standing in front of sitting musicians; crowd in BG; many in crowd wear European style hats. MCU teenage girls in crowd looking at camera. One breaks into a laughing smile. MLS performers dancing, with musicians sitting in FG. Man beating on drum. CU 3 boys playing flutes. LS looking toward musicians sitting on ground, and men performing wild dance. Dancers are dressed in European white shirts w/ ties, with stiff collars, long lightweight coats - some look rather like dressing gowns with wide sashes tied around them. Cut back to CU boy flute players. MS some of dancers; crowd in BG. Woman performer speaking or singing in FG, crowd below in BG. CU woman singer. MCU man playing a sort of small accordian-type instrument. MCU men singing & clapping. CU man singing. CU woman singing. CU man singing. MCU man & woman singing. Crowd applause. WS people walking away on road. | |
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