インド少数民族のドキュメンタリー

今日の2本は、これまで見てきたインドの少数民族について、総集編のように見られる秀逸なドキュメンタリーです。古い時期の映像なのが、何より嬉しいところです。一本目がデカン高原のハイデラバード（アーンドラ・プラデーシュの州都）辺り、2本目は「首狩り族だった人々」とあるように、東部のナガランドとアルナーチャル･プラデーシュでの収録。一本目ではゴンド族らしき人々も見えますが、解説がボンドと聞こえます。歌と踊り、太鼓や口琴など、民族音楽に触れられるシーンも多数。

Tribes of the Deccan (Hyderabad, India)

Filmed by Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf. Broadcast by the BBC in the 1960's and based on fieldwork carried out in the Deccan between 1940-8. The film is part of a large archive of footage shot by Haimendorf in the Himalayas. It is put up with his permission. Other material will be put up in due course on www.alanmacfarlane.com (under 'Films'); see also www.digitalhimalaya.com

The Men Who Hunted Heads

Filmed by Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf in 1970. Broadcast by the BBC in the 1970's and based on fieldwork carried out in Nagaland and Arunchal Pradesh. The film is part of a large archive of footage shot by Haimendorf in the Himalayas. It is put up with his permission. Other material will be put up in due course on www.alanmacfarlane.com (under 'Films'); see also www.digitalhimalaya.com