Location: | Papua New Guinea |
Subject: | Courtship; music |
Length: | 52 minutes |
Format: | VHS; U-matic |
Hue: | Color |
Year Released: | 1993 |
Series: | |
Director: | James Bates |
Producer: | James Bates, Phil Agland |
Distributor: | Films for the Humanities & Sciences |
Library Code: | UHM AV/C VIDEOTAPE 8823 |
Description: | In the highlands of Papua New Guinea, among the Simbu people, a woman chooses her partner not for his looks, wealth, or personality, but on the quality of his singing. Follows the musical trials of a young man who pursues and wins his chosen bride, only to find that her clan demands more pigs for her dowry than he can raise from his relatives. |
Record No: | 2202 |
Resources: | Distributors's List |
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