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Royal Dancers and Musicians from the Kingdom of Bhutan (Motion picture)
- Title
- Royal Dancers and Musicians from the Kingdom of Bhutan (Motion picture)
- Publication
- [1979?]
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- Description
- 1 reel. 29 min. 1053 ft. : sd. color.; 16 mm.
- Summary
- Documentary on the Royal Dancers and Musicians of Bhutan showing them in rehearsal and in performance at the Thimphu Tsechu, an annual religious festival. They are seen rehearsing the Deer dance and Pholay Molay and, at the festival, performing Ging-Solem (Celestial beings and serpent spirits), the Deer dance, Pholay Molay (Dance of the noblemen and ladies), and the Deer and dogs (excerpt from Shawo-Shachi). Also seen are The black-hat dance, performed by celibate monks, and the festival's concluding dance.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Documentaries and factual films and programs.
- Note
- Filmed in Thimphu, Bhutan by Richard Breyer. Produced by Beate Gordon for the Asia Society. Written by Richard Breyer and Beate Gordon. Narrated by David Hollenback.
- Call Number
- *MGZHB 12-1924
- OCLC
- NYPY807045148-F
- Title
- Royal Dancers and Musicians from the Kingdom of Bhutan (Motion picture)
- Imprint
- [1979?]
- Local Subject
- Motion pictures. Royal Dancers and Musicians from the Kingdom of Bhutan.
- Local Subject
- Mask dances.Animal dances.Ritual and ceremonial dancing -- Bhutan.
- Added Author
- Gordon, Beate. ProducerBreyer, Richard.Royal Dancers and Musicians of Bhutan.Asia Society.
- Research Call Number
- *MGZHB 12-1924