Film Record: Mayan Rites

Video capture of Mayan Rites, obtained via Northeast Historic Film.

Identifier:

• 0660.0008 (Source: https://oldfilm.org/collection/Detail/occurrences/8207)

Date produced: 1932

Filmmaker(s):

Adelaide Pearson

Languages:

English

Duration:

00:05:40

Format:

16mm

Colour:

B&W

Sound Notes:

Silent

Description:

The film depicts Mayan rites in 1930's Guatemala along with intertitles describing the destruction of Mayan temples by conquerers and the performance of traditional ceremonies at the steps of churches.

Locations:

• San Antonio Palapo, Guatemala (Filming)
• Chichicastenango, Guatemala (Filming)

Subjects:

• Ethnology
•      Manners and Customs
• Indigenous peoples
• Religion
• Central America
•      Guatemala

Genre:

• Documentary
• Educational

Form:

• Short

Tags:

Repository:

Pearson, Adelaide Collection. Northeast Historic Film.

Video Link:

• Via Northeast Historic Film

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