Description |
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 58 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound |
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digital |
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video file MPEG-4 Flash |
Note |
Title from title frames. |
Event |
Originally produced by Documentary Educational Resources in 1983. |
Summary |
Every year, a ritual known as ida is performed by the Umeda people, who inhabit the dense primary forest of the Waina-Sawanda district of West Sepik, Papua New Guinea. Ida, the central social and cultural drama of the Umeda, is a fertility ritual, in which a dominant theme is the metamorphosis of the cassowaries. |
System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
Language |
In English. |
Subject |
Umeda.
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Sex role.
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Fertility.
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Social dances.
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Rites and ceremonies.
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Group identity.
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Tribal and national groups.
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Added Author |
Owen, Chris (Director), author, film director.
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Gell, Alfred, author.
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Kanopy (Firm)
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Music No. |
1116063 Kanopy |
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