Elaborate Obseques 1925

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Item title reads - Elaborate Obsequies of Tayok Sayadaw, the great Buddhist Priest. The festival lasts 7 days and takes a year to prepare. Rangoon, (Yangon) Burma (Myanmar).

Intertitle - '.... "dancing angels" escort the embalmed body and Ministers of State, bearing golden umbrellas, act as...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
25057
Sort Number:
G 1180
Time in/Out:
01:19:45:00 / 01:20:48:00
Canister:
G 1180
Film ID:
388.13
Issue Date:
13/04/1925

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