Nilgiris
Identifier
F.2006-03-0009
Date Of Production
1962
Abstract
This is non-edited camera original footage that anthropologist Paul Hockings shot as research for an ethnographic study of the Badagas people of the Nilgiris region in India. The footage focuses on religious rituals including funerals, firewalking, temples offerings and trance dancing.
Log
00:00 - LS PAN across mountain range and valley, CU men on mountain, MS walking down mountainside
00:50 - MS Men in circle performing ritual with umbrellas and canes
01:52 - MS Men building thatched huts
04:14 - MS Group of men dancing ritual, building burial crib
05:10 - MLS Cattle, MS Men herding cattle
05:59 - VS Burial of a baby, men carrying crib
09:28 - MS Men wresting a cow to the ground, MS Families outside of hut, MS Village Procession, MS Slaughtering a cow
13:03 - MS Burial Ritual of burning a baby cradle
13:35 - MS In town - sign on building “Furnished Rooms to Let with Attached Bathrooms,” MS Men sitting on grass
14:21 - LS PAN cows in pasture, CU People kissing Man’s feet, MS Musicians playing
16:15 - MS Men walking with empty cradle, MS Umbella and Crane Ritual dance
18:00 - LS Large group of people in town ritual, MS Men with lei’s performing in fire walking ritual
19:41 - CU People wearing leis, carrying floral pots, holding chicken in air, CU Men in trance, in a frenzy
22:04 - CU Fire walkers / LS Temple with people bringing offerings
23:24 - MS Man cutting off head of a goat in one swoop, CU woman, man with child
24:18 - LS Village with small houses and cattle, CU children dancing, MS Men dancing
27:01 - LS cattle, MS Cattle crossing a river
29:13 -LS Group at Temple preparing a ritual, MS Men dancing in a circle, MS Men walking over hot coals for large crowd
31:13 - VS Ritual procession, fire walking, dancing, cutting coconuts
36:47 - CU Washing feet, dancing, lighting incense, offering of fruit to Gods, dancing
40:12 - MS Men walking around shrine, CU Men with ash on face and huge flower head dresses, dancing in celebration, procession
44:37 - LS Pan across forested mountain range
45:14 - MS Grieving women at funeral, CU Body wrapped in cloth, MS Men carrying wrapped corpse, MS Funeral ritual
47:00 - MS Killing a cow
48:19 - MS Starting a fire to burn the corpse
49:06 - LS mountains and river landscape, MS Another funeral carrying a corpse
51:34-53:44 - MS sacrificing a cow, burning the corpse
00:50 - MS Men in circle performing ritual with umbrellas and canes
01:52 - MS Men building thatched huts
04:14 - MS Group of men dancing ritual, building burial crib
05:10 - MLS Cattle, MS Men herding cattle
05:59 - VS Burial of a baby, men carrying crib
09:28 - MS Men wresting a cow to the ground, MS Families outside of hut, MS Village Procession, MS Slaughtering a cow
13:03 - MS Burial Ritual of burning a baby cradle
13:35 - MS In town - sign on building “Furnished Rooms to Let with Attached Bathrooms,” MS Men sitting on grass
14:21 - LS PAN cows in pasture, CU People kissing Man’s feet, MS Musicians playing
16:15 - MS Men walking with empty cradle, MS Umbella and Crane Ritual dance
18:00 - LS Large group of people in town ritual, MS Men with lei’s performing in fire walking ritual
19:41 - CU People wearing leis, carrying floral pots, holding chicken in air, CU Men in trance, in a frenzy
22:04 - CU Fire walkers / LS Temple with people bringing offerings
23:24 - MS Man cutting off head of a goat in one swoop, CU woman, man with child
24:18 - LS Village with small houses and cattle, CU children dancing, MS Men dancing
27:01 - LS cattle, MS Cattle crossing a river
29:13 -LS Group at Temple preparing a ritual, MS Men dancing in a circle, MS Men walking over hot coals for large crowd
31:13 - VS Ritual procession, fire walking, dancing, cutting coconuts
36:47 - CU Washing feet, dancing, lighting incense, offering of fruit to Gods, dancing
40:12 - MS Men walking around shrine, CU Men with ash on face and huge flower head dresses, dancing in celebration, procession
44:37 - LS Pan across forested mountain range
45:14 - MS Grieving women at funeral, CU Body wrapped in cloth, MS Men carrying wrapped corpse, MS Funeral ritual
47:00 - MS Killing a cow
48:19 - MS Starting a fire to burn the corpse
49:06 - LS mountains and river landscape, MS Another funeral carrying a corpse
51:34-53:44 - MS sacrificing a cow, burning the corpse
Run Time
53 min 44 sec
Format
16mm
Extent
1,200 feet
Color
Color
Sound
Silent
Reel/Tape Number
1/1
Has Been Digitized?
Yes
Language Of Materials
English
Genre
Form
Subject
Related Collections
Related Places
Main Credits
Hockings, Paul (is filmmaker)
Additional Credits
Hockings, Paul (is contributor)
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