ABSTRACT
Other groups focused their attention upon the ‘preservation’ of ritual by making video documentaries of traditional village holiday celebrations. Often they tried to film the ritual in the village where it originated, even if the locals, who had never before been filmed, needed to be coached about what to say and do. And some urban ensembles learned songs, texts, and gestures from published sources in order to reconstruct village rituals themselves. They would often take performances of such rituals on stage to schools, museums, concert halls, and other venues.
