Religious Festival (1963)
Item title reads Religious festival. Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). Various shots crowds gathering for the Kataragama Hindu festival. C, U woman walking in crowd. C, U pan old man with white hair and white beard. M, S man with stakes through his cheeks and pins stuck in his arm, dancing and brandishing a spear. C, U man with short spear through his cheeks and hooks in his chest and stomach dancing. Various shots devotees bathing in the Menik Ganga (River of Gems). M, S of a man with painted and pierced body carrying a trident. C, U of the man s back and arms with pins stuck in them, pan down to show four hooks in his back. M, S men and women dancing in circles by the river. Various shots women dancing. Various shots crowds of devotees. M, S people dancing. C, U man rolling over on the ground holding a coconut. M, S s of the temple of tooth relics of Buddha. M, S dancers preceding the elephants carrying the tooth relics. L, S of the elephants. Various shots of the elephant carrying the tooth relics on its bac
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