| Location: | Papua New Guinea |
| Subject: | Brauchtum ; Lebenskreis ; Religion (Ethnologie) ; Ritus ; Rites de passage ; Papua-Neuguinea ; ethnology ; culture ; tradition ; sphere of life ; religion ; rites ; rites of passage ; initiation; Papua New Guinea ; Kultur ; Ethnologie/Kulturanthropologie |
| Length: | 830 min |
| Format: | 1/2-inch VHS |
| Hue: | Color |
| Year Released: | 1991-1992 |
| Series: | |
| Director: | Godelier, Maurice |
| Producer: | Ian Dunlop |
| Distributor: | IWF (Gšttingen) W 2214; Film Australia |
| Library Code: | Smithsonian HSFA 93.23.1; NFVLS |
| Description: | Die Videos zeigen 13,5 Stunden eines Initiationsrituals der Baruya im Hochland von Neuguinea. Die Dokumentation beinhaltet: Die Trennung der Jungen von ihren Familien, ein gro§es Fest, bei dem die Nasen der Initianden durchbohrt werden, die Unterweisung in die Pflichten ihres neuen Status und ein Fest, bei dem sie mit den Insignien eines "Muka" versehen werden. Seventeen cassettes. A detailed archival record of the first stage male initiation ceremony, the muka, of the Baruya tribe of the Eastern Highlands. Follows a group of nine-to-twelve-year-old boys for four weeks, ending with the final possum feast. Complements the earlier series of programs, Towards Baruya Manhood, which recorded the second, third, and fourth stage initiations. Full written documentation and translation, and introductory notes, accompanies the set. Intertitles in English; no narration or subtitles |
| Record No: | 143 |
| Resources: | Distributors's List |
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