The raw video footage used in these films was shot on location using a hand-held digital video camcorder (Panasonic model PV-GS500, 3CCD, with 12x optical zoom lens and a built-in stereo microphone). I myself was a tourist at these performances and attempted for the most part to mimic the sort of documentation tourists practice. I did, however, purposefully capture footage of tourists themselves at these events. Editing of this footage and the addition of still photos and captions was accomplished using iMovie software.
For each film listed below, references are provided to a few sources that provide background information about the traditional forms of music, dance and theatre that appear in it.
Hawaii: A Day at the Polynesian Cultural Center
Cambodia: Dinner Show at Angkor Wat
Burma: Marionette Show at a Bagan Restaurant
Egypt: Cultural Show Luncheon Cruise on the Nile
Turkey: Music Concert and Whirling Dervishes Ceremony
Turkey: Ottoman Empire Military Music at an Istanbul Museum
Croatia: Encounters with a Folk Dance of the Dubrovnik Region
Indonesia: Javanese Performing Arts in a Sultan’s Palace