Dancers of Evil / The Tooth of Buddha (Explore episodes 19 and 20) (1984) (no video link)
Title
Dancers of Evil / The Tooth of Buddha (Explore episodes 19 and 20) (1984) (no video link)
Subject
Sri Lanka--Civilization--Buddhist influences
Sri Lanka--Kings and rulers
URL
No video link found. This content is associated with a videotape in the CCDR Collections audiovisual library originally recorded by Joann W. Kealiinohomoku. No link has yet been found to provide online access and the original videotape has not yet been digitized.
Description
Content description from WorldCat (https://www.worldcat.org/title/dancers-of-evil-the-tooth-of-buddha/oclc/33112623):
In Dancers of evil, explorers journey through Sri Lanka. In the Tooth of Buddha, the explorers meet the Fire Walkers who through tortures reach a state of trance in order to become one with the Divine.
Ephemera: Available through the CCDR Collections at Arizona State University. One clipping with program description. Handwritten notes: "Why discrepancy of titles? - Good dance scenes in both. - Also good scenes of drums - And silent manipulation of tambour. See American Ethnologist Feb. 1983 p.97, Paraiyar Drummers of Sri Lanka: Consensus & Constraint in an Untouchable Caste. Dennis B. McGilvray. Notes on Beta tape label: Sri Lanka (Explore) - Good dance, drums, tambour.
Limitations: This page displays video content associated with a videotape in the CCDR Collections audiovisual library recorded by Joann W. Kealiinohomoku. Please be advised that, because this videotape has not yet been digitized for direct access, we cannot guarantee that the video content on this page is an exact match with the content originally recorded by Dr. Kealiinohomoku. We also cannot guarantee function or access for re-hosted video content.
In Dancers of evil, explorers journey through Sri Lanka. In the Tooth of Buddha, the explorers meet the Fire Walkers who through tortures reach a state of trance in order to become one with the Divine.
Ephemera: Available through the CCDR Collections at Arizona State University. One clipping with program description. Handwritten notes: "Why discrepancy of titles? - Good dance scenes in both. - Also good scenes of drums - And silent manipulation of tambour. See American Ethnologist Feb. 1983 p.97, Paraiyar Drummers of Sri Lanka: Consensus & Constraint in an Untouchable Caste. Dennis B. McGilvray. Notes on Beta tape label: Sri Lanka (Explore) - Good dance, drums, tambour.
Limitations: This page displays video content associated with a videotape in the CCDR Collections audiovisual library recorded by Joann W. Kealiinohomoku. Please be advised that, because this videotape has not yet been digitized for direct access, we cannot guarantee that the video content on this page is an exact match with the content originally recorded by Dr. Kealiinohomoku. We also cannot guarantee function or access for re-hosted video content.
Original Format
TV broadcast recorded off air by JWK: Betamax tape
Creator
Douchan Gersi (director and producer)
James Coburn (host)
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Company (PBS)
Date
1984
Citation
“Dancers of Evil / The Tooth of Buddha (Explore episodes 19 and 20) (1984) (no video link),” Cross-Cultural Dance Resources Collections, accessed September 29, 2023, https://ccdrcollections.omeka.net/items/show/297.