| Location: | Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea |
| Subject: | Music |
| Length: | 49 minutes |
| Format: | DVD; 16mm; 1/2-inch VHS |
| Hue: | Color |
| Year Released: | 1979 |
| Series: | |
| Director: | Les McLaren |
| Producer: | |
| Distributor: | Ronin Films; DER |
| Library Code: | UHM AV/C VIDEOTAPE 699; RAI |
| Description: | Songs are an important part of Trobriand music and a range of songs are filmed and translated here: garden fertility and harvest chants with dance; songs of love and enticement; kula trading songs; and songs of grief and mourning. Shows musical instruments, including conch shells, a panpipe, a recorder, and flutes. |
| Record No: | 960 |
| Resources: | Distributors's List |
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