Nepal (1950)

Category: Travelogue

Length: 36:14

Film ID	F16-0741
Film Description	Shotlist Edited travelogue with 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
Rights	All rights are reserved by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum). Any use of the footage in productions is forbidden unless rights have been secured by contacting the Penn Museum Archives at 215-898-8304, or email photos@pennmuseum.org.