Nepal (1950)
Category: Travelogue
Length: 36:14
| Film ID | F16-0741 |
| Film Description | ShotlistEdited traveloguewith narrative titles Opens with a shot of the route map Showing the route back through Delhi The Great gate (Darwaza-i rauza) Taj Mahal Rooftops. Crowds in the town. [Overexposed] Marketplace East Asian architecture style, location unidentified. [Nepal?] A band of musicians, singers and hand drums, accepting donations Going in to trance. Possibly Sufis. Drinking [bhang]. Street scenes [Overexposed] Hindu temples, Buddhist temples A procession of mendicants Buddhist stupas Two sadhus Rooftops of Kathmandu [?] Priests and holy men Dance of Tibetan Buddhist masked characters Tibetan Buddhist monk Buddhists playing dungchen, (long trumpets) Dance of Tibetan Buddhist masked characters All of the characters posing for Wright's camera More dancing Rooftops |
| Video Category | Travelogue |
| Film Creator | Dr. Harry B. Wright |
| Topics | Agra, Taj Mahal, India, Nepal, Tibet, Dance, Dancing, Processionals, Sufis, Sadhus |
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