The Dancers Of The Ring (1933)

“Thousands of miles away, in far-off Indo China, dwell the women of the “Sara Djinge“, the weird “dancers of the ring“. L/S of group of Indo China native people standing in a line - the women are naked from the waist up. Closer shots of the women who dance towards the camera. M/S of group of musicians who play drums and other instruments. M/S of the backs of the women, they have a bunch of leaves or other decoration just covering their bottoms. Various shots of the dance. “The band consists of tom-toms, antelope horns, and other queer instruments.“ C/U of three drummers, one is quite a young boy. C/U of one of the other strange looking instruments, some kind of primitive glockenspiel. The woman who stands beside the musician has lips stretched over huge plates, making her look very strange indeed. C/U of the glockenspiel / xylophone being played. C/U of the drums being played - the drummers are very sweaty. C/U of two men playing wind instruments. “Dancers of the Ring“ they call them, because