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Adaptable kingdom : music and dance from Nepal (Himalayas) /

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"This video takes the viewer to a kingdom in the Himalayas, where tribal animism, Buddhism, and Hinduism live in harmony. In the folklore of Nepal, religious mask-dances with the sound of large barrel drums illustrate the age-old battle between good and evil. We also hear a gayen, the itinerant...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Seabourne Enterprises, Audio/Video Forum, Lyrichord Discs, Inc, Multicultural Media (Firm : Barre, Vt.)
Other Authors: Bhattacharya, Deben
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Language Notes:Narration in English.
Published: N[ew] Y[ork] C[ity], NY : Montpelier, VT : Lyrichord Discs ; Multicultural Media, [2003]
Series:Bhattacharya, Deben. Music and society series.
Unwritten music of the Orient.
Films of Deben Bhattacharya.
Subjects:
Music > Nepal.
Dance > Nepal.
Documentary films.
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Summary:"This video takes the viewer to a kingdom in the Himalayas, where tribal animism, Buddhism, and Hinduism live in harmony. In the folklore of Nepal, religious mask-dances with the sound of large barrel drums illustrate the age-old battle between good and evil. We also hear a gayen, the itinerant singer of the Nepalese folk tradition, side-by-side with temple songs"--Container.
Item Description:"Produced on DVD by arrangement with AUDIO/VIDEO FORUM, a division of Jeffrey Norton Publishing"--Disc surface.
"Film originally released in 1972"--Container.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (27 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD-R.
Audience:Not rated.
Production Credits:Camera, Gour Karmakar ; editing, Brian Sinclair.