Wedding Camels, The

Synopsis: The Turkana are a group of semi-nomadic pastoralists who inhabit a harsh environment of dry thorn country in north-western Kenya. The film chronicles a series of events which surrounds the marriage of Lorang’s daughter Akai to Kongu, his age-mate. A large section of the film is concerned with a dispute which arises over the number and size of large and small animals - goats and camels - to be given as bridewealth to Lorang and his kin. Kongu proclaims his poverty, whilst Lorang seeks unsuccessfully to obtain sufficient animals to meet what he sees as the just claims of himself and his relatives. This dispute is not confined to the two men and by the end of the film there are two parties composed of relatives and other interested persons putting forward their own accounts of the dispute.*
Series: Turkana Conversations, Series
Language: English
Country: United States
Medium: Film; Video; Film. 16mm. col. 108 min. Videocassette. VHS. col. 108 min.
Technical information: Black-and-white / Sound
Year of production: 1974
Availability: Hire (film - c/o Concord)
Sale (video - RAI); 2000 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)
Subjects: Anthropology
Keywords: Kenya; marriage customs; Turkana

Name: Royal Anthropological Institute
Contact: Susanne Hammacher (Film Officer)
Email: film@therai.org.uk
Web: https://www.therai.org.uk/film/film-sales External site opens in new window
Phone: 020 7387 0455
Fax: 020 7388 8817
Address: 50 Fitzroy Street
London
W1T 5BT
Notes: The Institute sells more than 250 anthropology and ethnology titles on video and DVD, including some produced by students and staff of the Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology. There is also a large library of internationally produced film and video productions from which items may be borrowed within the UK.

Name: Royal Anthropological Institute Film & Video Library, c/o Concord Media
Email: 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

This record has been viewed 423 times.