Before the Jungle Gods (Festivals of Far East episode 1) (1996)(no video link)
Title
Before the Jungle Gods (Festivals of Far East episode 1) (1996)(no video link)
Subject
Fasts and feasts -- Sri Lanka.
Fasts and feasts.
Sri Lanka.
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/before-the-jungle-gods/oclc/24485949) :
During the full moon of August, the Kataragama Festival takes place deep in the jungles of Sri Lanka. The most remarkable feature of this festival is the penchant of devotees for self-mortification, usually in repayment for vows undertaken by the pilgrims to their Kataragama God.
Ephemera: none available.
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.
During the full moon of August, the Kataragama Festival takes place deep in the jungles of Sri Lanka. The most remarkable feature of this festival is the penchant of devotees for self-mortification, usually in repayment for vows undertaken by the pilgrims to their Kataragama God.
Ephemera: none available.
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
Albert Falzon (creator)
Phil Gerlach (executive producer)
Publisher
Woolloomooloo Picture Company
Date
1996
Citation
“Before the Jungle Gods (Festivals of Far East episode 1) (1996)(no video link),” Cross-Cultural Dance Resources Collections, accessed March 15, 2025, https://ccdrcollections.omeka.net/items/show/857.