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1. Mana : Beyond Belief documentary film collection, 2000-2004

   1,015 items. 200 documents in 51 folders : paper.. 47 document files in 13 folders : digital ; xls, doc, plain text, jpg, pages, pdf.. 145 videocassettes (HDCAM) : digital.. 435 video files : digital ; mp4, mov, mxf.. 94 sound cassettes (DAT) : digital.. 94 audio files : digital ; wav.. -- American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   The collection consists of moving image and sound footage shot between 2000 and 2003, which led to the documentary film MANA : Beyond Belief (2004). Paper and electronic documents created during production and post-production are also included (logs, translations, shot lists, and notes).

2. Sara L. M. Davis collection on Tai Lüe culture, 1997-2005

   approximately 1690 items. approximately 400 pages (16 folders). 982 photographic prints : color, black and white ; 3 x 5 in.. 184 slides : color. 70 sound cassettes : analog ; various sizes. 4 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.. 9 videocassettes (Hi-8) : digital, sound, color. 2 videocassettes (MiniDV) : digital, sound, color. 1 videocassette (VHS) : sound, color. 7 video discs (VCD) : sound, color. 1 flute : bamboo, metal. 1 textile. 29 wax candles. -- American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Collection of ethnographic field recordings, photographs, and manuscripts documenting Tai Lüe religious rituals; oral narrative traditions; popular songs; poetry; performances for tourists; interviews with poets and singers; and some local audio and video recordings collected in Sipsongpanna (Xishuangbanna), Yunnan Province, China, by anthropologist Sara L. M. Davis from 1997 to 2005 for her dissertation, published as Song and Silence: Ethnic Revival on China’s Southwest Borders, Columbia University Press, 2005. The collection includes some materials documenting Tai people and traditions in Burma.