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Festival of American Folklife. Celebrating life's passages [videorecording]

Title
Festival of American Folklife. Celebrating life's passages [videorecording]
Publication
1993.

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Moving imageUse in library *MGZIA 4-1752Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Additional Authors
  • Proschan, Frank.
  • Quinteros, Angel F.
  • Quinteros, Lillian.
  • Sokhon, Soum.
  • Sokhon, Sareth C.
  • Phann, Sorabe.
  • Baldarrama, Adela.
  • Castellon, Paola.
  • Lewett, Linda.
  • Love, Sam.
  • Chen, Vivien.
  • Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies.
  • Festival of American Folklife (1993 : Smithsonian Institution)
Description
1 videocassette. 73 min. : sd. color NTSC.; 1/2 in. (VHS)
Summary
Unedited footage of a two-camera shoot of a discussion presented on the American Social Dance program of the Festival of American Folklife. The two recordings, which appear consecutively on this tape, have slightly different coverage due to different camera angles and breaks in recording.
Donor/Sponsor
  • nea
  • nys
Subjects
Note
  • Videotaped in performance for the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image and the Smithsonian Institution by Sam Love of the Public Production Group, with the assistance of grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and New York State Council on the Arts, at the 27th annual Festival of American Folklife on the National Mall in Washington, D. C., on July 1-5, 1993. [Video] producer: Linda Lewett. Festival presented by the Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies of the Smithsonian Institution. Director, Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies: Richard Kurin. Festival director: Diana Parker. Curator, American Social Dance program: Vivien Ta-Ying Chen.
Contents
CONTENTS: Celebrating life's passages: Bolivian-Cambodian (approx. 38 min.). Recorded on July 2, 1993 by camera one. Presenter: Frank Proschan. [Panelists:] Angel Quinteros, Lillian Quinteros, Soum Sokhon, Sareth Sokhon, Sorabe Phann, Adela Baldarrama, Paola Castellon. Bolivian-Americans and Cambodian-Americans from the greater Washington area compare celebrations used to mark personal life events (e.g., births, birthdays, weddings), and holidays and religious observances. Topics include the Bolivian carnival and quinceañera (15th birthday), and Cambodian observances associated with the new year and the monsoon season. -- Celebrating life's passages (approx. 35 min.). Recorded on July 2, 1993 by camera two. See above.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-1752
OCLC
NYPY946048407-F
Title
Festival of American Folklife. Celebrating life's passages [videorecording]
Imprint
1993.
Local Subject
Television. Festival of American Folklife.
Local Subject
Rites and ceremonies.
Puberty rites.
Added Author
Proschan, Frank. Producer
Quinteros, Angel F. Commentator
Quinteros, Lillian. Commentator
Sokhon, Soum. Commentator
Sokhon, Sareth C. Commentator
Phann, Sorabe. Commentator
Baldarrama, Adela. Commentator
Castellon, Paola. Commentator
Lewett, Linda. Producer
Love, Sam.
Chen, Vivien. Curator
Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies.
Festival of American Folklife (1993 : Smithsonian Institution)
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-1752
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