Learning on ScreenNamekas: Music in Lake Chambri
- Synopsis
- Shows the people of three villages on an island in Lake Chambri, adjacent to the Sepik river. Featured are the men’s sacred paired flutes, flute ensembles, slit drums and voice masks, which all have spiritual connotations. Other instruments seen are the hourglass-shaped drum, bamboo jew’s harp, a panpipe used in mourning, and the unusual use of a sago beetle to produce a melody. The slit drum is also used to ‘telegraph’ messages.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Australia
- Medium
- Film; Video; Videocassette. U-matic. col. 53 min. Film. 16mm. col. 53 min.
- Technical information
- Black-and-white / Sound
- Year of production
- 1980
- Availability
- Hire (film - RAI FVL)
Hire (video - HEFVL) - Notes
- See also KAMA WOSI-MUSIC IN THE TROBRIAND ISLANDS and MUSIC OF THE KUKANE (SIMBU) AND HULI PEOPLE.
- Uses
- Undergraduate and postgraduate courses in ethnomusicology.*
- Subjects
- Anthropology; Music
- Keywords
- ethnomusicology; musical instruments; Papua New Guinea; Trobriand Islands
Credits
- Director
- Les McLaren
- Producer
- Les McLaren
Distribution Formats
- Type
- Film
- Format
- 16mm
Production Company
- Name
Nomad Films
Sponsor
- Name
AIR Niugini
- Name
Australian Film Commission
- Phone
- 020 7734 9383
- Fax
- 020 7434 0170
- Address
- 2nd Floor
London W1R 7HB
Distributor
- Name
Higher Education Film & Video Library
- services@bufvc.ac.uk
- Web
- http://bufvc.ac. External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7393 1503
- Fax
- 020 7393 1555
- Address
- c/o British Universities Film & Video Council
77 Wells Street
London
W1T 3QJ - Notes
- Catalogue available from British Universities Film & Video Council.
- Name
Royal Anthropological Institute Film & Video Library, c/o Concord Media
- sales@concordvideo.co.uk
- Web
- http://www.concordmedia.org.uk/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 01473 726012
- Fax
- 01473 274531
- Address
- Rosehill Centre
22 Hines Road
Ipswich
IP3 9BG
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