Thailand Comes To Sussex 1968

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Sedlescombe, East Sussex.

At the Pestalozzi Children's Village we see two Thai children lighting joss sticks and placing them on a shrine to Buddha as part of the religious Festival of Floating Light (? Lights?). The children pray before the shrine.

Various shots show these and two...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
4333
Sort Number:
CP 693
Time in/Out:
01:48:34:00 / 01:49:50:00
Canister:
CP 693
Film ID:
427.07
Issue Date:
04/04/1968

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