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Bake Restudy 1984
directed by Nazir Ali Jairazbhoy, 1927-2009 and Amy Catlin, fl. 1982-2017; produced by Apsara Media for Intercultural Education (Van Nuys, CA: Apsara Media for Intercultural Education, 1991), 1 hour 1 mins
A one-hour video narrated by Nazir Jairazbhoy and Amy Catlin. The authors return in 1984 to the original sites of Arnold Bake's 1938 South Indian fieldwork in order to solicit responses to his photographs and audio recordings of numerous performance traditions in an examination of continuity and change. The video...
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directed by Nazir Ali Jairazbhoy, 1927-2009 and Amy Catlin, fl. 1982-2017; produced by Apsara Media for Intercultural Education (Van Nuys, CA: Apsara Media for Intercultural Education, 1991), 1 hour 1 mins
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A one-hour video narrated by Nazir Jairazbhoy and Amy Catlin. The authors return in 1984 to the original sites of Arnold Bake's 1938 South Indian fieldwork in order to solicit responses to his photographs and audio recordings of numerous performance traditions in an examination of continuity and change. The video incorporates Bake's 16mm films and audio recordings. It also shows the background of this Dutch scholar, the methodologies used in both...
A one-hour video narrated by Nazir Jairazbhoy and Amy Catlin. The authors return in 1984 to the original sites of Arnold Bake's 1938 South Indian fieldwork in order to solicit responses to his photographs and audio recordings of numerous performance traditions in an examination of continuity and change. The video incorporates Bake's 16mm films and audio recordings. It also shows the background of this Dutch scholar, the methodologies used in both field trips, and concludes with an examination of the impact of classification, modernization, institutionalization, and festivalization of performance.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Amy Catlin, fl. 1982-2017, Nazir Ali Jairazbhoy, 1927-2009, Apsara Media for Intercultural Education
Author / Creator
Nazir Ali Jairazbhoy, 1927-2009, Amy Catlin, fl. 1982-2017
Date Published / Released
1991
Publisher
Apsara Media for Intercultural Education
Speaker / Narrator
Nazir Ali Jairazbhoy, 1927-2009, Amy Catlin, fl. 1982-2017
Person Discussed
Arnold Bake, 1899-1963
Topic / Theme
Religious rites and ceremonies, Folk dance, Folk music, Ethnographic methodology, Field work for anthropology, Ethnomusicology, Indians (Asian)
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Copyright © 1991 Apsara Media for Intercultural Education
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Bino Siabungu balu oba mboma, wewe (Field Card)
of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR041 (22 June 1957) , 2 page(s)
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of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR041 (22 June 1957) , 2 page(s)
Date Written / Recorded
22 June 1957, 1957
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Hugh Tracey, 1903-1977
Author / Creator
Hugh Tracey, 1903-1977
Topic / Theme
Religious rites and ceremonies, Folk music, Folk, Tonga (Zambia)
Copyright Message
Material sourced from the International Library of African Music. Copyright © International Library of African Music.
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Carnival in Q’eros: Where the Mountains Meet the Jungle
directed by Juan Núñez del Prado, fl. 1991-2004 and John Cohen, 1932-; produced by John Cohen, 1932- (Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Media, 1991), 33 mins
This groundbreaking documentary shows the remarkable Carnival celebrations -- never before seen by outsiders -- of a remote community of Indians high in the Peruvian Andes. Their culture offers important clues into the Inca past and the roots of Andean cultures.The Q'eros play flutes and sing to their alpacas in a...
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directed by Juan Núñez del Prado, fl. 1991-2004 and John Cohen, 1932-; produced by John Cohen, 1932- (Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Media, 1991), 33 mins
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This groundbreaking documentary shows the remarkable Carnival celebrations -- never before seen by outsiders -- of a remote community of Indians high in the Peruvian Andes. Their culture offers important clues into the Inca past and the roots of Andean cultures.The Q'eros play flutes and sing to their alpacas in a ritual to promote the animals' fertility. The film shows how the music evolves from individual, to family, to ayllu, to community, a s...
This groundbreaking documentary shows the remarkable Carnival celebrations -- never before seen by outsiders -- of a remote community of Indians high in the Peruvian Andes. Their culture offers important clues into the Inca past and the roots of Andean cultures.The Q'eros play flutes and sing to their alpacas in a ritual to promote the animals' fertility. The film shows how the music evolves from individual, to family, to ayllu, to community, a structure of spiritual activity distinct from the structure of kinship. The Q'eros sing and play separately from each other, producing a heterophonic sound without rhythmic beat, harmony, or counterpoint -- a "chaotic" sound texture that exemplifies a key connection between the culture of the Andes and that of the Amazon jungle.The film also focuses on the protracted negotiations by which the Indians were compensated for their participation in the project.This classic and widely acclaimed film is essential viewing in a range of courses in cultural anthropology, ethnomusicology, folklore, Latin American and Andean studies, and comparative religion. It was produced by renowned filmmaker and musician John Cohen.
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Date Written / Recorded
1991
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
John Cohen, 1932-
Author / Creator
Juan Núñez del Prado, fl. 1991-2004, John Cohen, 1932-
Date Published / Released
1991
Publisher
Berkeley Media
Topic / Theme
Religious rites and ceremonies, Folk music, Fairs and festivals, Animal husbandry, Cusco Quechua
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1991 Berkeley Media
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Masters of the Balafon, Funeral Festivities
directed by Hugo Zemp, 1937-; produced by Hugo Zemp, 1937-, Selenium Films and Süpor XAO, in Masters of the Balafon (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2001), 1 hour 23 mins,
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Among the Senufo people of northern Côte d'Ivoire, the balafon (xylophone with calabash resonators) is an emblematic musical instrument. This film shows balafon orchestras playing in five villages during the two principal days of funeral festivities, celebrations that include the most important rites, ceremonies...
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directed by Hugo Zemp, 1937-; produced by Hugo Zemp, 1937-, Selenium Films and Süpor XAO, in Masters of the Balafon (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2001), 1 hour 23 mins,
Source: www.der.org
Source: www.der.org
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Among the Senufo people of northern Côte d'Ivoire, the balafon (xylophone with calabash resonators) is an emblematic musical instrument. This film shows balafon orchestras playing in five villages during the two principal days of funeral festivities, celebrations that include the most important rites, ceremonies and rejoicings in the life of the Senufo. During dialogues with Sikaman, a young musician who acted as research assistant for this film...
Among the Senufo people of northern Côte d'Ivoire, the balafon (xylophone with calabash resonators) is an emblematic musical instrument. This film shows balafon orchestras playing in five villages during the two principal days of funeral festivities, celebrations that include the most important rites, ceremonies and rejoicings in the life of the Senufo. During dialogues with Sikaman, a young musician who acted as research assistant for this film series, the master balafonist Nahoua gives the key to understanding how this marvelous music comes into being, and what it means.
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Date Written / Recorded
1999
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Hugo Zemp, 1937-, Selenium Films, Süpor XAO
Author / Creator
Hugo Zemp, 1937-
Date Published / Released
2001
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Series
Masters of the Balafon
Topic / Theme
Drums, Musical instruments, Folk music, Religious rites and ceremonies, Indigenous peoples, Funerals, Palaka Sénoufo, Supyire Sénoufo
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2001 Documentary Educational Resources
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Of Bards and Beggars
written by Yask Desai, 1970- and Shweta Kishore; directed by Shweta Kishore and Yask Desai, 1970- (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2003), 32 mins
Of Bards and Beggars documents in detail, a musical ritual called Pabuji Jaagran, an all night epic recitation by Indian Rajasthani folk musicians. This story centers around a folk deity called Pabujib, a protector of livestock.
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written by Yask Desai, 1970- and Shweta Kishore; directed by Shweta Kishore and Yask Desai, 1970- (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2003), 32 mins
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Of Bards and Beggars documents in detail, a musical ritual called Pabuji Jaagran, an all night epic recitation by Indian Rajasthani folk musicians. This story centers around a folk deity called Pabujib, a protector of livestock. Of Bards and Beggars documents in detail, a musical ritual called Pabuji Jaagran, an all night epic recitation by Indian Rajasthani folk musicians. This story centers around a folk deity called Pabujib, a protector of liv...
Of Bards and Beggars documents in detail, a musical ritual called Pabuji Jaagran, an all night epic recitation by Indian Rajasthani folk musicians. This story centers around a folk deity called Pabujib, a protector of livestock. Of Bards and Beggars documents in detail, a musical ritual called Pabuji Jaagran, an all night epic recitation by Indian Rajasthani folk musicians. This story centers around a folk deity called Pabujib, a protector of livestock. The Pabuji legend is widely popular in Western Rajasthan among a shepherd community from the Rebari (Raika) caste. An oral tradition passed from generation to generation by word of mouth, the entire Pabuji epic would take 36 hours to recite. In the theatrical version, a performer known as the Bhopa performs a duet with his wife, the Bhopi. The oral recital consists of multiple stanzas which are also illustrated on a giant painting behind the performers. Along with singing the stanzas, the Bhopa plays a stringed instrument, the Ravanhatha. The performance starts at dusk and lasts for twelve hours. At dawn, the Bhopi and the Bhopa sing the final prayer. The film not only captures the first documentation on video of an authentic, unstaged Pabujib jaagran in its natural setting, it also seeks to examine the issues of commodification of folk culture and the resulting loss of meaning for the traditional followers of Pabuji. A poor community no longer held in great esteem, the Pabuji musicians now perform in the new milieu of India's hospitality and tourism industry. Signaling their rapidly-vanishing folk culture, they must play to an audience largely ignorant of the meaning or origins of the entertainment.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Yask Desai, 1970-, Shweta Kishore, Suraj Bhopa, Hazari Lal Bhopa, Kesar Bhopa, Parbu Bhopa, Indira Devasi, Prakash Detha
Author / Creator
Yask Desai, 1970-, Shweta Kishore
Date Published / Released
2003
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Topic / Theme
Rabari, Tribal and national groups, Cultural identity, Cultural change and history, Religious rites and ceremonies, Folk music, Myths and legends, Ethnography
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Opre Roma: Gypsies in Canada
written by Sharon Gibbon; directed by Tony Papa; produced by Gillian Darling Kovanic (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2000), 53 mins
This documentary celebrates the vibrant culture and tenacious struggle of the Gypsy. There is a new generation of Roma who claim their Gypsy roots with pride, while fighting the myths that caused their parents to live in fear.
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written by Sharon Gibbon; directed by Tony Papa; produced by Gillian Darling Kovanic (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2000), 53 mins
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This documentary celebrates the vibrant culture and tenacious struggle of the Gypsy. There is a new generation of Roma who claim their Gypsy roots with pride, while fighting the myths that caused their parents to live in fear. This documentary celebrates the vibrant culture and tenacious struggle of the Gypsy. There is a new generation of Roma who claim their Gypsy roots with pride, while fighting the myths that caused their parents to live in fe...
This documentary celebrates the vibrant culture and tenacious struggle of the Gypsy. There is a new generation of Roma who claim their Gypsy roots with pride, while fighting the myths that caused their parents to live in fear. This documentary celebrates the vibrant culture and tenacious struggle of the Gypsy. There is a new generation of Roma who claim their Gypsy roots with pride, while fighting the myths that caused their parents to live in fear. They call themselves by their rightful name, the Roma. Since the Roma people fled India in the 11th century, the have suffered almost a thousand years of persecution - from European Slavery to the Holocaust - yet they have survived as a unique global culture. This fascinating documentary tells the history of the Roma and explores their music and culture borne out of centuries of exile. Opre Roma invites you to a traditional wedding and to an evening of flamenco dance, with songs from Turkey, Romania, Spain, the Czech Republic and Slovakia that relate a shared experience telling the story of what it means to be Roma.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Tony Papa, Ondrei Zajac, Ronald Lee, Karen Gray Boothroyd, Lolo Ines-Torres, 1954-, Julia Lovell, Tom Lovell, Gillian Darling Kovanic
Author / Creator
Sharon Gibbon, Tony Papa
Date Published / Released
2000
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Topic / Theme
Romani, Weddings, Religious rites and ceremonies, Social dances, Cultural identity, Refugees, Discrimination, Cultural change and history, Tribal and national groups, Folk music, Ethnography
Copyright Message
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The Pilgrimage to the Sanctuary of the Lord of Qoyllur Rit'i: The Walk Experience
directed by Zoila S. Mendoza, 1960-; produced by Zoila S. Mendoza, 1960- (Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Media, 2015), 44 mins
Once a year in the Cuzco region of Peru, the former center of the Inca empire, some 50,000 pilgrims flock to the highest sanctuary of the world to participate in the largest pilgrimage of the Andean region. The sanctuary of the Señor de Qoyllur Rit'i (Lord of the Shiny Snow) is located nearly 16,000 feet above se...
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directed by Zoila S. Mendoza, 1960-; produced by Zoila S. Mendoza, 1960- (Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Media, 2015), 44 mins
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Once a year in the Cuzco region of Peru, the former center of the Inca empire, some 50,000 pilgrims flock to the highest sanctuary of the world to participate in the largest pilgrimage of the Andean region. The sanctuary of the Señor de Qoyllur Rit'i (Lord of the Shiny Snow) is located nearly 16,000 feet above sea level, at the foot of the Qollqepunku glacier.Traditionally, pilgrims walked from their towns performing their music and dance to vis...
Once a year in the Cuzco region of Peru, the former center of the Inca empire, some 50,000 pilgrims flock to the highest sanctuary of the world to participate in the largest pilgrimage of the Andean region. The sanctuary of the Señor de Qoyllur Rit'i (Lord of the Shiny Snow) is located nearly 16,000 feet above sea level, at the foot of the Qollqepunku glacier.Traditionally, pilgrims walked from their towns performing their music and dance to visit this miraculous image of Christ on a rock. Today, however, most pilgrims reach the area by truck or bus and only hike uphill the final five miles to reach the sanctuary. The pilgrimage combines longstanding Andean principles and practices and those brought into the tradition by Catholicism.This insightful and beautifully filmed documentary focuses on the comparsas or dance troupes from the community of Pomacanchi, Cuzco, that continue the tradition of walking all the way to the sanctuary, covering 85 miles up and down mountains in three days and two nights, accompanied by the incessant music of flutes and drums. After another two-and-a-half days and two nights at the site, where they perform their ritual dances and participate in an unremitting musical experience, these Quechua-speaking pilgrims return home and leave the site deserted.The film deftly interweaves footage from three separate pilgrimages in which the filmmaker participated to provide a close and detailed depiction of the pilgrims' experiences and explore the importance of the unity of sound, sight, and movement to the construction of meaning and memory to them. Since Quechua-speaking Andeans best learn and remember through the integration of the three, their dance, music, and religious festivals are shown to be central to their social reality.In addition to its remarkable depiction of the long and profound journey to the sanctuary, the film also includes scenes of important activities in the community of Pomacanchi before and after the pilgrimage, as well as remarkable footage of the ceremonial rituals at the sanctuary.Colorful, intense, and absorbing, The Pilgrimage to the Sanctuary of the Lord of Qoyllur Rit'i will generate thought and discussion in a wide range of classes in Latin American and Andean studies, cultural anthropology, comparative religion, and ethnomusicology, and will be essential for any class studying pilgrimage traditions, religious practices, and indigenous performances in the Americas. It was produced by Zoila S. Mendoza, a Peruvian anthropologist and Professor of Native American Studies at the University of California, Davis.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Zoila S. Mendoza, 1960-
Author / Creator
Zoila S. Mendoza, 1960-
Date Published / Released
2015
Publisher
Berkeley Media
Topic / Theme
Folk music, Religious rites and ceremonies, Catholicism, Pilgrimage, Peruvians
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2015 Berkeley Media
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The Presence of the Past: Madagascar, Music, and Devotion
directed by Ron Emoff, fl. 1993; produced by Ron Emoff, fl. 1993 (Montpelier, VT: Multicultural Media, 2004), 54 mins
People throughout Madagascar maintain a strong reverential connection to their ancestors, whose spirits may be called upon to enter into the present to resolve problems and to heal illness. Music performance provides a vital means of communicating with these ancestral spirits, thus of evoking the past and the powe...
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directed by Ron Emoff, fl. 1993; produced by Ron Emoff, fl. 1993 (Montpelier, VT: Multicultural Media, 2004), 54 mins
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People throughout Madagascar maintain a strong reverential connection to their ancestors, whose spirits may be called upon to enter into the present to resolve problems and to heal illness. Music performance provides a vital means of communicating with these ancestral spirits, thus of evoking the past and the power emergent in it. This project results from intensive ethnographic research that Ron Emoff performed on the east coast of Madagascar fr...
People throughout Madagascar maintain a strong reverential connection to their ancestors, whose spirits may be called upon to enter into the present to resolve problems and to heal illness. Music performance provides a vital means of communicating with these ancestral spirits, thus of evoking the past and the power emergent in it. This project results from intensive ethnographic research that Ron Emoff performed on the east coast of Madagascar from 1993 through 1995. Dr. Emoff's fieldwork focused upon connections between musical performance, spirit possession, ways of recollecting the past, constructions of power, and perceptions of the colonial era in Madagascar.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Ron Emoff, fl. 1993
Author / Creator
Ron Emoff, fl. 1993
Date Published / Released
2004
Publisher
Multicultural Media
Speaker / Narrator
Ron Emoff, fl. 1993
Topic / Theme
Folk music, Religious rites and ceremonies, Malagasy
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