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Title	Tibetan dance drama 'Milarepa' or 'devil dance' at Labrang Monastery
Part of Set	Harrison Forman Collection - Tibet
Date of Photograph	1932-1933
Photographer	Forman, Harrison, 1904-1978
Description	'The dances are performed in accordance with traditional custom. Seldom are the players familiar with the special significance behind the impersonations. They are simply trained in the mechanics of the steps and gyrations designated for the particular costume or group…. They are given as a form of religious instruction. Frightfully masked demons and devils triumphed over by gorgeously gowned saints are designed to dogmatize forcefully the almightiness of the Church over man, beast and spirit alike.'
Source of Descriptive Information	Forman, H. (1933). Just Tibetans. Asia, 541-548. Forman, H. (1936). Through forbidden Tibet: An adventure into the unknown. London:Jarrolds.(p. 210).
Related Resources	Forman, H. (1951). 'Gold in Tibet'. Available at: http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/u?/tibet,4
Subject TGM	Buddhism Rites & ceremonies Religious education Buddhist monks Ceremonial dancers Actors Costumes Masks
Subject LC	Tibet, Plateau of Bla-bran Bkra-sis-'khyil (Xiahe Xian, China) Labrang Monastery (Xiahe Xian, China)
Continent	Asia
Country	China
State/Province	Gansu (province)
City/Place	Xiahe
Geographic Feature	Qing Zang Gaoyuan (plateau)
Type	Image
Original Collection	Harrison Forman Collection
Original Item Size	3.5 x 5.0 in.
Original Item Medium	Black-and-white negatives; Cellulose nitrate film
Original Item Location	Forman Nitrate Negatives, Box 5
Provenance	Gift of Sandra Carlyle Forman, 1987
Repository	American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
Rights	The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
Digital Publisher	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
Digital ID	fr202369
Date Digitized	2007
Digital Collection	Tibet - From the Collections of the American Geographical Society Library
Digital Format	Image/jpg
Project Name	NEH Grant Project: Saving and Sharing the AGS Library's Historic Nitrate Negative Images
Part of	American Geographical Society Library Digital Photo Archive

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