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Set among the Yanomamo Indians of morthern Brazil and southern Venezuela, the feast cements an alliance between previously hostile villages for the purpose of attacking a third. (The action is first...
Discusses the use of fire as a symbolic reproduction of society. Shows these ideas through everyday life among the Kayapo of Brazil, through their telling of the jaguar myth and showing the ritual that...
Shows the day-to-day life of the islanders of Bali, a Hindu island - their folksongs, gamelan orchestras and dance dramas. The temple is the focal point of each village where the villagers gather for...
A record of the kula ceremonial exchange of gifts in the Milne Bay and south Trobriand Islands areas of eastern Papua, concentrating on the ceremonial exchanges between chiefs and the making of the shell...
The rulers of Benin in Nigeria, the Oba, traditionally spend much of their time performing rituals designed to enhance their own power and the prosperity of their subjects. This film record of the rituals...
This 5 DVD set features both the entire opening and closing ceremonies of the London 2012 Olympic Games as well as over seven hours of selected highlights from the games themselves, including the gold...
Documentary about the male circumcision ritual among the Gisu of Uganda. The narrative follows one male participant through the ritual and contrasts his hopes and anxieties on this important day of his life...
The film Alfred Haddon made in 1898 in the Torres Straits, lasting for less than a minute, is the world’s first example of anthropological cinema. The MASKS OF MER tells the extraordinary story of this...
The Balinese ceremonial dance drama in which the never-ending struggle between the witch and the dragon, the death-dealing and the life-protecting, is played out to the accompaniment of comic interludes and...
Shows the Jhatra companies, the Naya Theatre Company, pre-Hindu fire ceremonies, and the Tower Hamlets arts project collaboration with various villages in Bengal and Bangladesh during 1986.
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