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  1. Page from the Past

    Date released
    13 Jul 1931
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    40
    NoS ID
    031523
    Story no
    3 / 7

    Welsh bards assemble at Gorsedd to proclaim the Eisteddfod ancient singing festival of Cymric folklore.

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  2. Out of Town (2017)

    Subject
    Agriculture; Design
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 875 minutes), £19.50

    Documentary series in which presenter Jack Hargreaves explores rural life in Britain, observing and reflecting on its character, traditions, history and folklore, and the skills that had passed from...

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  3. Tempest, The (Video)

    Director
    Tae-suk Oh

    Video recording of the Mokwha Repertory Company’s 2011 production of The Tempest directed by Oh Tae-suk. The play is transported to 5th century Korea. King Zilzi immersed in his study of Taoist magic,...

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  4. On Tape For Tomorrow

    Date released
    1966
    Series name
    Look At Life
    Issue no
    362
    NoS ID
    350531
    Story no
    1 / 1

    BFI synopsis: Some of the organisations which travel around the country recording traditional songs and stories. With Nancy Richards Jones, a harpist, John Doherty, a fiddle player, Sean O’Haughey, oral...

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  5. Animated Films

    Date released
    1977
    Series name
    London Line
    Issue no
    553A
    NoS ID
    350676
    Story no
    1 / 1

    COI synopsis: In Britain an Arabic commentator looks at the first animated film to be produced specially for the Arab world. It is called "The Adventures of Bady" and tells the story of a shepherd boy. When...

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  6. Jesus and the Fisherman (198 Video)

    Subject
    Anthropology; Religious studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., £25.00 (+VAT + p&p)

    The Portuguese occupation of the Sri Lankan coast in the 16th century brought Catholicism to fishing villages. Examines the cross-cultural folklore which resulted, concentrating on the celebration of Easter,...

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  7. Buddha and the Rice Planters (198 Video)

    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1995 sale: £25.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    An exploration of the culture of the people of Sri Lanka. Shows the the daily life of villagers - cultivating their rice fields, visiting the market and attending a variety of ceremonies. All aspects of...

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  8. Adaptable Kingdom, The: Music and Dance in Nepal (1994)

    Director
    Deben Bhattacharya
    Producer
    Deben Bhattacharya
    Subject
    Anthropology; Dance; Music
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 30 minutes), £19.95

    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...

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  9. Land Without Bread (1932 Film)

    aka: Hurdes, Las

    Director
    Luis Buñuel
    Producer
    Ramón Acín
    Subject
    Geography; Sociology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A bleak study of the Hurandos, inhabitants of a poor region near Salamanca, in north-east Spain. Living hopelessly in a barren wasteland, ridden with disease, superstition and ignorance, they let their...

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  10. Oba Kaso (1975 Video)

    Subject
    Dance; Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS (PAL). col. 28 min., 2000 sale: US$189.00 (+p&p)

    Excerpts from the National Theatre of Nigeria’s production of ‘Oba Koso’ a Yoruba folklore drama about a wicked man who tries to overthrow the king. Features intricate dance steps, brilliantly coloured...

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