Aka and Daffla Dances

Boats and steamers on the mud flats and lakes of the Assam district, India.

Indian high society enjoy themselves at a Calcutta garden party held to welcome the new Viceroy, Lord Irwin.

Amateur film featuring government buildings in Delhi, a shooting party in Malakand and winter in Abbottabad.

Muharram procession through Lahore bazaar, crowded streets and buildings.

Girl guides on parade at a rally in southern India attended by Olave Baden-Powell.

Richly detailed amateur ethnographic film on the agrarian economy and society in rural Punjab.

In a poetic hour and a half, director Mani Kaul looks at the ancient art of making pottery from a wide variety of perspectives.

To the city come men, women, fruits, flowers, vegetables, goats and sheep – all ready for consumption. It is the process of...

Aristocracy, army, elephants and more mark the start of the 1903 Durbar.

Scenes from a lavish pageant held during the royal visit to India, celebrating King George V’s coronation.

Fashionably attired folk attend the races in Kolkata.

Toronto-based, award-winning dancer, teacher, and choreographer Joanna De Souza takes us through her journey as a non-South Asian dancer in the...