The red bowmen /
Every year, a ritual known as "ida" is performed by the Umeda people, who inhabit the dense primary forest of the Waina-Sawanda district of West Sepik, Papua New Guinea. "Ida", the central social and cultural drama of the Umeda, is a fertility rite, in which a dominant theme is...
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| Language: | English |
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Watertown, MA :
Documentary Educational Resources,
[1983], ©1983
Watertown, MA : ©1983 |
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| Summary: | Every year, a ritual known as "ida" is performed by the Umeda people, who inhabit the dense primary forest of the Waina-Sawanda district of West Sepik, Papua New Guinea. "Ida", the central social and cultural drama of the Umeda, is a fertility rite, in which a dominant theme is the metamorphosis of the cassowaries. An ethnography by anthropologist Alfred Gell, Metamorphosis of the Cassowaries, complements the film Every year, a ritual known as "ida" is performed by the Umeda people, who inhabit the dense primary forest of the Waina-Sawanda district of West Sepik, Papua New Guinea. "Ida", the central social and cultural drama of the Umeda, is a fertility rite, in which a dominant theme is the metamorphosis of the cassowaries. An ethnography by anthropologist Alfred Gell, Metamorphosis of the Cassowaries, complements the film |
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| Item Description: | A presentation of the Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies, in co-operation with the Dept. of Pre-History and Anthropology, Australian National University Cataloged from credits and cassette container |
| Physical Description: | 1 videocassette (58 min.) : sound color ; 1/2 in 1 videocassette (58 min.) : sound color ; 1/2 in. VHS |
| Format: | VHS |
| Audience: | General |