Vanishing Veddahs
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Records the customs and ceremonies of a near-prehistoric tribe in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) that faced extinction when the film was made in 1957. Shows wedding with 12-year-old bride, poisoning fish by adding fruit extract to water, and making fire by wood-screw. The filmmaking Batholomeusz family descends from an old Dutch burger settler family in Ceylon
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- 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, format, color, sound, description, catalog record, video
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