Guide to the Fred H. Werner films of South Asia and Oceania, 1970-1972

Scope and Contents

Footage shot of the island of Sava'ii, Western Samoa; Papua New Guinea (east Sepik, Mount Hagen, and Port Moresby areas); Bali; India; Jammu and Kashmir (northern India); Nepal (Kathmandu Valley); Sri Lanka; and Philippines (northern Luzon). Features of ethnographic interest include: Samoan women displaying mats used in marriage rites; a sing-sing (probably Minj) in the Mount Hagen area; scenes in Port Moresby; Abelam art in Apangai on the east Sepik; a Ramayana performance, cockfight, festival, and cremation (near Ubud) on Bali; various temples in India; nomadic Kugar people of Jammu and Kashmir; scenes in Srinagar; scenes in Kandy (Sri Lanka); the carved standing Buddha at Aukana; and Kalinga women dancing near Baguio, northern Luzon. Collection also includes annotations (recorded narratives).

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