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A study of gypsy music, which includes portraits of the Stow-on-the-Wold Gypsy Horse Fair and Romany campsites. Linked with Romany folk songs and portraits of families and individuals such as Dave Rawlings,...
A film on the Hindu kingdom in the Himalayas where tribal animism, Buddhism and Hinduism live in harmony. In the folklore of Nepal, religious mask dances accompanied by the sound of large barrel drums...
A portrait of Cesaria Evora from Mindelo, Cape Verde, who specialises in melodies of the ‘Morna’', a form of Cape Verdien blues. Her music tells what she believes is the tragic destiny of her country....
The religious itinerant Bul poets and singers come from the Hindu and Muslim communities of Bengal. They communicate their faith and philosophy through songs, dances and instrumental music. The film was...
Opens with Yehudi Menuhin playing a record of the morning raga ‘Ahira Bhairava’ and shows musicians playing the same raga in their city of Jaipur in Rajasthan. Shows how the complex raga system is...
Shows the day-to-day life of the islanders of Bali, a Hindu island - their folksongs, gamelan orchestras and dance dramas. The temple is the focal point of each village where the villagers gather for...
Examines the art of painting the eight-metre long horizontal scrolls in a desert village in Rajasthan, with a ballad singer telling the tale of the folk hero Pabuji. The moves to a hamlet of traditional...
Aims to show the essence of the cultural life of Tibetan Buddhists by examining their religious rites. Shows the main temple in Dharamsala, and scenes from Benares, Darjeeling and the western Himalayas, with...
'Holi’, the Indian festival of spring, retells through music and dance the story of the life of Krishna, the Indian god of love and the arts. Krishna is portrayed through poetry and songs, dance drama and...
Compares the accordion music of Chicano immigrants in southern Texas with the traditional music of accordion players in Austria. Without making any final judgements on the roots of ‘conjunto’ music of...
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