Music and Society Series of film documentaries by famed ethnomusicologist Deben Bhattacharya on DVD. This important and fascinating series of documentaries features the music and dance, religion and social customs related to the everyday life of people in several countries of Asia and Eastern Europe. Thai folk songs and dances - such as the beautiful fingernail dance and the precision bamboo dance - are filmed in performance, as is a segment from the classical the epic poem/dance, the Ramayana. The program also looks at Thailand"s rural cottage industries and river trade, explores temple ceremonies, architecture, and religious art as well as the Buddhist way of life in the monasteries and villages. One DVD program with English narration. 26 minutes.