Americans from Jungaria

Duration: 18

Year Published: 1965

Creator: Princeton Seminars

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: In this film we observe the unique Kalmuk community in Central New Jersey. The Kalmuks, a people of Mongolian origin practicing the Lama form of Buddhism, are now established in the U. S. after centuries of persecution in Asia and Europe.

Complete Record: In this film we observe the unique Kalmuk community in Central New Jersey. The Kalmuks, a people of Mongolian origin practicing the Lama form of Buddhism, are now established in the U. S. after centuries of persecution in Asia and Europe.