Hamar Trilogy, The (3 Parts)
- Synopsis
- The Hamar people are an isolated people living in the dry scrubland of south-western Ethiopia. These programmes concentrate on the proud and outspoken Hamar women.
1 (1990): A young widow, an unmarried girl and a senior co-wife, although living a very different lifestyle from women in the West, share many of the same concerns about marriage, pregnancy, men and growing old.
2 (1991): Although no Hamar girl would want to remain unmarried, her wedding day is the saddest of her life. Two betrothed girls must leave their families forever to marry men they have never met. One is secretely exited but her young cousin dreads the day when she will have to leave home to start a new life amongst strangers. Meanwhile, the future husbands discuss women, cattle and beating their wives.
3 (1994): Three years after the girl Duka left home to marry, she has two children and her husband’s ambitions are thwarted by the drought, rising prices, and demands from relatives. Duka’s cousin in his coming-of-age ritual has to must leap over his cattle while Duka is ritually beaten until her back bleeds. But a sudden death in the family interrupts and the cousin must find a way to help save the day. - Series
- Under the Sun, Series
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video
- Year of production
- 1990-94
- Availability
- Sale
- Notes
- Broadcast on BBC2 on 11 Jul 1991 (part 1), 18 Jul 1991 (part 2), 8 Sep 1994 (part 3). Each episode is also available to purchase separately at £195.00 (+VAT, +P&P)
- Subjects
- Anthropology
- Keywords
- Ethiopia; Hamar; marriage customs; social life and customs
Credits
- Producer
- Jean Lydall; Joanna Head
- Contributor
- Alan Bookbinder
Distribution Formats
- Type
- DVD
- Format
- Region 2 PAL
- Price
- £585.00
- Availability
- Sale
- Year
- 2014
Sections
- Title
- Women who smile
- Synopsis
- 1 (1990): A young widow, an unmarried girl and a senior co-wife, although living a very different lifestyle from women in the West, share many of the same concerns about marriage, pregnancy, men and growing old.
- Title
- Two girls go hunting
- Synopsis
- 2 (1991): Although no Hamar girl would want to remain unmarried, her wedding day is the saddest of her life. Two betrothed girls must leave their families forever to marry men they have never met. One is secretely exited but her young cousin dreads the da
- Title
- Our way of loving
- Synopsis
- 3 (1994): Three years after the girl Duka left home to marry, she has two children and her husband's ambitions are thwarted by the drought, rising prices, and demands from relatives. Duka's cousin in his coming-of-age ritual has to must leap over his catt
Production Company
- Name
BBC Television
Distributor
- Name
BBC Active Video for Learning - now BBC Learning
- Contact
- Carolina Fernandez Jeremy Wilcox (CF - for educational enquiries JW - channel sales manager)
- BBCStudiosLearning@bbc.com
- Web
- https://www.bbcstudioslearning.com/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- +44 (0) 20 8433 1009
- Address
- BBC Studios Limited
Television Centre
101 Wood Lane
London
W12 7FA
UK - Notes
- The BBC Active company has now been absorbed within BBC Learning, a division of BBC Studios. It was originally a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Pearson Education. Formerly known as ‘BBC Worldwide Learning Studies’ and before that as ‘Videos for Education & Training’
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