No titles. Static shot. An Indian woman (dressed in a sari) emerges from an Indian style doorway accompanied by a child. To the sides of the doorway seem to be a painted backdrop indicating a stone building. The entrance is flanked by seven women and children in costumes. The woman in the sari sprinkles something over the women - a blessing? The woman is then handed two large torches that she holds in either hand and a banner which she holds across her waist. The banner reads `A Happy New Year' The torches are lit and the other women and children sprinkle something on the woman (30). The same sequence is repeated twice more (91ft).

Note. Originally filmed in 17.5mm. The three sequences were made in an attempt to obtain a steady picture. The first sequence is the best. The second shows jumping and the third, jumping and the 17.5 perforation.