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Title: Mary Ann McDonald Edelen’s letters from Nepal as a Peace Corps Volunteer, 1969-1970
Date: 1969/1970
Creator: Edelen, Mary Ann McDonald
Description: Transcribed correspondence written by Mary Ann McDonald Edelen from her Peace Corps service in Nepal, 1969-1970. Mary Ann volunteered after she retired from teaching 1969-1970. She wrote a letter to her family every week on an airmail letter.
Subject: Americans -- Foreign countries; Volunteers
Country: Nepal
Local Identifier: PCCA_Edelen_0001
Type: correspondence
Collection: Peace Corps Community Archive
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:2988
mods_typeOfResource_mt: text

Title: Recording of puja music and explanation by Thomas Hassett side 1, 22 December 1965
Date: 1965-12-22
Creator: Hassett, Thomas J.
Description: From start until about 12:15, the tape is of singing, music, and street sounds (musical instruments including horns, drums, bells and faint voices). Thomas Hassett then describes this as puja music recorded at a famous temple about 5 hrs walk from Gurkha. There then followed a ceremony where they sacrificed a goat. He describes a celebration of some kind, with dancing, skits, etc. And he explains how in general, the King is symbol of national unity; there are lots of different groups and many languages spoken in the country, information is slow, and transportation by foot in most places.
Subject: Puja (Hinduism); Volunteers
Country: Nepal
Local Identifier: PCCA_Hassett_audio_0001a
Collection: Thomas J. Hassett collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:3003
mods_typeOfResource_mt: sound recording

Title: Recording of puja music and explanation by Thomas Hassett side 2, 22 December 1965
Date: 1965-12-22
Creator: Hassett, Thomas J.
Description: Dancing music (from the high school).
Subject: Puja (Hinduism); Volunteers
Country: Nepal
Local Identifier: PCCA_Hassett_audio_0001b
Collection: Thomas J. Hassett collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:3002
mods_typeOfResource_mt: sound recording

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