Digital Himalaya Films & Video

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Created: 2011-01-26 14:14
Institution: Department of Social Anthropology
Description: Digital Himalaya is presently expanding its online collections to include contemporary film and video. These will be streamed online through the SMS and hosted on the Digital Himalaya website.
 

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This collection contains 24 media items.

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A Tribute to Christoph and Betty von Fürer-Haimendorf

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This 40-minute experimental film about Christoph and Betty von Fürer-Haimendorf was made by Mark Turin in August 1996.

Collection: Digital Himalaya Films & Video

Institution: Department of Social Anthropology

Created: Sat 16 Jan 2016


Alama Ritual

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Alama is an annual ritual observed on the fourteenth day of the eleventh lunar month of the Tibetan Calendar by children and youths to expel illness and other evil at the end of...

Collection: Digital Himalaya Films & Video

Institution: Department of Social Anthropology

Created: Wed 13 Jan 2016


Angel of the Aboriginals

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Angel of the Aboriginals is a documentary film about the life of anthropologist and tribal activist Dr Verrier Elwin.

Collection: Digital Himalaya Films & Video

Institution: Department of Social Anthropology

Created: Wed 13 Jan 2016


Danba

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G.yung 'brug (b. 1985) took these pictures during the Lo sar (Tibetan New Year period) of 2010 mostly in Rgyas rdzong (Jizong) Village, Kha mdo (Shuizi) Township, Rong brag...

Collection: Digital Himalaya Films & Video

Institution: Department of Social Anthropology

Created: Fri 24 May 2013


Glance of Genius: The life and work of B.H. Hodgson

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This is a 40-minute experimental film about the life of Brian Houghton Hodgson, sent to Nepal as Assistant Commissioner in 1819, becoming a British Resident in 1833.

Collection: Digital Himalaya Films & Video

Institution: Department of Social Anthropology

Created: Wed 13 Jan 2016


Hidden Treasure of Bön

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In 2008, an international team of climbers and other experts set out to salvage a cache of Tibetan manuscripts from a cave in the highlands of Nepal’s Mustang District.

Collection: Digital Himalaya Films & Video

Institution: Department of Social Anthropology

Created: Wed 13 Jan 2016


Hindu-Vidyapeeth schools

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No state support, no infrastructure, no money - no problem. Educational charity Hindu-Vidyapeeth Nepal celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2010. We hear from founder Chintamani...

Collection: Digital Himalaya Films & Video

Institution: Department of Social Anthropology

Created: Wed 26 Jan 2011


I Will Find You

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I Will Find You (2011) is the story of three characters with a shared destiny; three individuals and a country, all torn apart by war.

Collection: Digital Himalaya Films & Video

Institution: Department of Social Anthropology

Created: Wed 13 Jan 2016


Inner Mongolia's Mongol Nomads

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Filmed in about 1988 in East Ujimqin Banner, Xilingol League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, PR China. This ethnographic film focuses on nadam, food preparation including dairy...

Collection: Digital Himalaya Films & Video

Institution: Department of Social Anthropology

Created: Tue 10 Jul 2012


Journey from Zanskar

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How far would you go to save your dying culture? Two Buddhist monks fulfill their pledge to the Dalai Lama to help save their dying culture by leading a group of 17 poor children...

Collection: Digital Himalaya Films & Video

Institution: Department of Social Anthropology

Created: Sat 16 Jan 2016


Journey of a Red Fridge

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This is a story of a 17-year-old boy named Hari Rai and his extraordinary journey through the Himalayan Mountains of Nepal.

Collection: Digital Himalaya Films & Video

Institution: Department of Social Anthropology

Created: Thu 14 Jan 2016


Len yi Tibetan Village

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Part 1: Len yi Tibetan Village, Sgong po (Gongbo) Township, Sde rong (Derong) County, Dkar mdzes (Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Si khron (Sichuan) Province, PR China.

Collection: Digital Himalaya Films & Video

Institution: Department of Social Anthropology

Created: Fri 11 Feb 2011


Minhe Mangghuer Torch Festival

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The Torch Festival is held on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month (according to the Chinese lunar calendar) in the Mangghuer (Tu) areas of Minhe County.

Collection: Digital Himalaya Films & Video

Institution: Department of Social Anthropology

Created: Thu 14 Jan 2016


Nadun Festival

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Nadun is a traditional festival of the Sanchuan Mangghuer (Tu) people. During this annual period, Mangghuer dance and perform in order to thank their deities for the harvest.

Collection: Digital Himalaya Films & Video

Institution: Department of Social Anthropology

Created: Thu 14 Jan 2016


Namuyi Song Contest: Namzi (Namuyi) Tibetan Cultural Revitalization:

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A cultural revitalization program was held in Dashui Village, Lizhou Township, Xichang City, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, PR China on 4 August 2010. The...

Collection: Digital Himalaya Films & Video

Institution: Department of Social Anthropology

Created: Tue 22 Feb 2011


Part 2: Len yi Tibetan Village

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Part 2: Len yi Tibetan Village, Sgong po (Gongbo) Township, Sde rong (Derong) County, Dkar mdzes (Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Si khron (Sichuan) Province, PR China

Collection: Digital Himalaya Films & Video

Institution: Department of Social Anthropology

Created: Fri 11 Feb 2011


Part 3: Len yi Tibetan Village

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Part 3: Len yi Tibetan Village, Sgong po (Gongbo) Township, Sde rong (Derong) County, Dkar mdzes (Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Si khron (Sichuan) Province, PR China.

Collection: Digital Himalaya Films & Video

Institution: Department of Social Anthropology

Created: Fri 11 Feb 2011


Punam

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The child's voice of nine–year–old Punam Tamang transports us to the Nepal city of Bhaktapur. There we are presented with a stark description of the hard life of this young girl...

Collection: Digital Himalaya Films & Video

Institution: Department of Social Anthropology

Created: Thu 14 Jan 2016


Returned: Child Soldiers of Nepal's Maoist Army

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Returned: Child Soldiers of Nepal's Maoist Army is an HD documentary that follows several Nepali boys and girls as they attempt to reintegrate into society after associating with...

Collection: Digital Himalaya Films & Video

Institution: Department of Social Anthropology

Created: Fri 1 Nov 2013


Returned: Child Soldiers of Nepal's Maoist Army

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Returned: Child Soldiers of Nepal's Maoist Army is an HD documentary that follows several Nepali boys and girls as they attempt to reintegrate into society after associating with...

Collection: Digital Himalaya Films & Video

Institution: Department of Social Anthropology

Created: Fri 11 Dec 2015


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