Learning on ScreenGarden Days: Village in Papua New Guinea
- Synopsis
- A record of Rauit village, Sepik Inland, Papua New Guinea, chiefly from the woman’s point of view. Opens with the final stages of a ritual called ‘malyi’ with a masked dancer performing and the villagers gathered. Describes women’s everyday activities in their ‘gardens’ in order to produce the staple food sago. The different stages of the preparation and cooking of sago are shown. Closes with with a young girl’s puberty ceremony. Filmed in 1968-9.*
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 26 min.
- Year of production
- 1988
- Availability
- Hire (RAI Film & Video Library)
Sale (RAI); 2000 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p) - Keywords
- Papua New Guinea; village life
Credits
- Director
- Ariane Lewis; Jon Jerstad
- Contributor
- Gilbert Lewis
Distributor
- Name
Royal Anthropological Institute
- Contact
- Susanne Hammacher (Film Officer)
- 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
- 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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