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Kula, The (1961 Film)

Director

Steve Szabo

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

A record of the kula ceremonial exchange of gifts in the Milne Bay and south Trobriand Islands areas of eastern Papua, concentrating on the ceremonial exchanges between chiefs and the making of the shell...

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Maitres Fous, Les (1955 Film)

aka: Mad Masters, The

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Shows a ceremony of the Hauka, a religious sect in West Africa, and explores questions of dependence, domination and synthesis. During trance possession the participants of the ceremony reflect traditional...

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Ainu Bear Ceremony, The (1931 Video)

Director

N G Munro

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Sale (video - RAI), Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 27 min., 2000 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

An examination of the lives of the Ainu people of Japan, who are racially and culturally different from their Japanese neighbours and who obtain their food mainly by hunting and gathering. The bear ceremony,...

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Damirifa Due! (Video)

aka: Saying Goodbye

Director

Rosemary Dei-Boateng

Producer

Rosemary Dei-Boateng

Subject

Anthropology; Sociology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 15 min., 1998 sale: £30.00 (+VAT +p&p) (VHS)

Celebrates the Asante funeral tradition. Recorded in Ghana and the UK.

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