Learning on ScreenChole Island: Circumcision
- Synopsis
- Male circumcision is the centre of a ritual which marks a stage in the male life cycle. Concerns an Islamic group in Tanzania and shows a part of the typical pattern of these rites - separation from the old, a marginal period of becoming an adult (and convalescence) and a ritual of re-integration into the community in a new status. The final songs accompanying the ritual emphasise that the boys are now socially accepted as men, even though the ritual has been performed well before biological puberty.
- Series
- Other People’s Lives, Series
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Film; Film. 16mm. sd. col. 30 min.
- Technical information
- Black-and-white / Sound
- Year of production
- 1978
- Availability
- Hire
- Uses
- Undergraduates. *RAI
- Keywords
- circumcision; initiation rites; Tanzania
Credits
- Contributor
- Peter Ramsden
Distribution Formats
- Type
- Film
- Format
- 16mm
Production Company
Distributor
- 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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