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Geeta Sharma and Hansa Muni interviewed by Natalie Milbrodt. Geeta Sharma and Hansa Muni, Clip 7: Sri Ganesha Chaturthi: an annual nine-day celebration. Time Period: 1970 - 2010.
- Title
- Geeta Sharma and Hansa Muni, Clip 7: Sri Ganesha Chaturthi: an annual nine-day celebration
- Creator
- Geeta Sharma and Hansa Muni interviewed by Natalie Milbrodt
- Subject
- Hindus
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- Hinduism
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- Hindu gods
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- Religious gatherings
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- Festivals
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- Ganesa (Hindu deity)
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- Hindu Temple Society of North America, NY
- Date
- Time Period: 1970 - 2010
- Date
- 2010-08-03
- Date
- Interview recorded: August 3 2010
- Description
- Sri Ganesha Chaturthi is an annual nine-day celebration to honor Ganesh which takes place in September. Hundreds of devotees attend and there is singing, dancing, and music. A statue of Ganesh is placed in a chariot which circles around the Temple and through the neighborhood. Although the chariot is moved by a motor, the devotees hold on to ropes attached to it as though they are pulling it. During the procession, Indian business owners make offerings as the chariot passes.
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- Geeta Sharma and Hansa Muni Oral History
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- Identifier
- aql:20625
- Identifier
- hansa_muni_clip7
- Format
- Digital audio recording made using TASCAM DR-07 digital recorder and Audacity.
- Format
- Total running time: 0:02:24
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- Total running time: 0:02:24
- Coverage
- Locations discussed: Flushing, Queens, NY
- Coverage
- Locations discussed: Flushing, Queens, NY
- Coverage
- Flushing (New York, N.Y.)
- Coverage
- Queens (New York, N.Y.)
- Relation
- Queens Memory Project Collection at Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives: Geeta Sharma and Hansa Muni
- Rights
- This recording is the property of Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives. Please contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
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- Oral history
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