Videos available through The Foundation for Traditional Studies

Videos

Videos available through The Foundation for Traditional Studies:

Glimpses of the East--

The Ananda K. Coomaraswamy Films

In Three volumes available on VHS videocassette, these films were taken by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy in the 1920's and include a Japanese Noh play, Cambodian Temple Dancing, the making of batik in Java, Indian dance, Ceylonese devil dancing, and more. All films are silent and some have been subtitled by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy.

Volume I: Dance

Includes Cambodian Dramatic Dances;

Chey Chet, the Story of Prea Somut and Princess Butsomali, c. 1920;

Siam: Court Dancers of Bangkok; Dancers of H.M. Sisowaith, King of Cambodia;

Yaldkum Netuma: Devil Dancinhg in Ceylon;

Nautch: Indian Dramatic Dance.

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Running time: 34 minutes
VHS
$39.95

Volume II: Hagoromo

This is a Japanese Noh play with subtitles by Ananda Coomaraswamy.

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Running time: 34 Minutes
VHS
$29.95

Volume III: Ritual and Festival

Included here are a Pwe festival in Burma, a festival near Mathura in India, the making of batik in Java, and a piece entitled 'A Good Sikh Never Cuts His Hair'.

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Running time: 36 minutes
VHS
$29.95