| Location: | Papua New Guinea |
| Subject: | Gesellschaft ; Vereinswesen ; Brauchtum ; Lebenskreis ; Musik ; Musikinstrumente ; Aerophone ; Membranophone ; Trommel ; Tanz ; Religion (Ethnologie) ; Ritus ; Rites de passage ; Papua-Neuguinea ; Sepik-Gebiet ; Australien/Ozeanien ; ethnology ; society ; clubs and societies ; culture ; tradition ; sphere of life ; music ; music instruments ; aerophones ; membranophones ; drums ; dance ; religion ; rites ; rites of passage ; Australia/Oceania ; Papua New Guinea ; Sepik Region ; Kultur ; Ethnologie/Kulturanthropologie |
| Length: | 5 1/2 min |
| Format: | Film, 16 mm, 57 m |
| Hue: | B&W |
| Year Released: | 1963 |
| Series: | |
| Director: | Speiser, F. (Basel) |
| Producer: | F. Speiser (Basel) |
| Distributor: | IWF (Gšttingen) E 502 |
| Library Code: | |
| Description: | Letzte Phase eines Initiationsfestes im Dorfe Kambrambo: Blasen auf heiligen Bambusflšten; Verschlingen der Knaben durch ein Krokodil, das aus Bambusgerippe und bemalten PalmblŠttern hergestellt ist; rituelles Blutablassen durch Reiben mit dornigen Lianen; Verbrennen des Krokodils.Last phase of an initiation festival in the village of Kambrambo: playing of sacred bamboo flutes; "swallowing" of boys by a crocodile, made out of a bamboo frame and painted palmleaves; ritual bleeding brought about by rubbing with thorny lianas; burning of crocodile. |
| Record No: | 962 |
| Resources: | Distributors's List |
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