Location: | Papua New Guinea |
Subject: | Brauchtum ; Lebenskreis ; Totenkult, Totenbrauchtum ; Musik ; Singen ; Musikinstrumente ; Aerophone ; Flšte ; Tanz ; Papua-Neuguinea ; Sepik-Gebiet ; Australien/Ozeanien ; ethnology ; culture ; tradition ; sphere of life ; cult of the dead, traditions dealing with death ; music ; singing ; music instruments ; aerophones ; flutes ; dance ; Australia/Oceania ; Papua New Guinea ; Sepik Region ; Kultur ; Ethnologie/Kulturanthropologie |
Length: | 18 min |
Format: | Film, 16 mm, LT, 195 m |
Hue: | Color |
Year Released: | 1979 |
Series: | |
Director: | Schlenker, Hermann (Villingen-Schwenningen) ; Schindlbeck, Markus (Basel) |
Producer: | Hermann Schlenker Filmproduktion (Villingen-Schwenningen) |
Distributor: | IWF (Gšttingen) E 2481 |
Library Code: | |
Description: | Herbeirufen der Ahnen; Auftritt von zwei Ahnenfiguren mit źbermodellierten SchŠdeln hinter einem BlŠtterzaun, Flštenspiel, NamensgesŠnge, Trauerlied der Frauen.At the beginning of the mortuary ceremony men, women, and children stand in front of a dwelling house. The man Singembandi calls names of ancestors who will be present during the feast. Behind a screen men dance and carry ancestor figures with modelled skulls, blow long bamboo flutes and beat on a lithophone and coconut shells. In front of the screen women and children sit as spectators. Some men sing name songs. In another dwelling house mourning women chant a death song. |
Record No: | 1834 |
Resources: | Distributors's List |
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