Episode of Series “Australian mosaic”.
During Adelaide’s Chinese cultural week in 1988 a group of puppeteers from Adelaide’s sister city of Penang were invited to present one of their plays in honour of the Festival of Hungry Ghosts which fell at this time. The program shows their ritualistic preparations and some of the other festivities which took place.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
302734
Language
English
Subject categories
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Chinese - Australia
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Festivals - Asia
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Intercultural communication
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Chinese - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Intercultural communication
Short films
Short films → Short films - Australia
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)