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Archival Materials
Stephanos Stephanides videos of Hail Mother Kali
Creators:
Stephanides, Stephanos
Dates:
1988
Size:
9 Videocassettes (U-matic) (9 hours, color sound)
15 Videocassettes (VHS) (15 hours, color sound)
Linear feet
15 Videocassettes (VHS) (15 hours, color sound)
Linear feet
Collection ID:
HSFA.1991.01
Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives
Full video record of an annual three-day Kalimai (Mother Kali) puja held in Berbice, Guyana. Footage documents various aspects of the worship of the Hindu Mother which was brought to Guyana by predominatly south Indian indentured laborers (known as Madrasi) from the mid 19th to early 20th century. In contemporary Guyana this …