Kawelka [videorecording] : Ongka's big moka / Granada Television International, Shanachie Entertainment.
2003
GN450.4 .K394 2003
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Kawelka [videorecording] : Ongka's big moka / Granada Television International, Shanachie Entertainment.
Publication Details
[S.l.] : Shanachie Entertainment Corp., 2003.
Language
English
Description
1 videodisc (52 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Call Number
GN450.4 .K394 2003
Distributor No.
925 Shanachie
Summary
In Papua New Guinea, status is earned by giving things away rather than acquiring them. Explores the Moka, a ceremony in which people give gifts to members of other tribes. The larger the gift, the greater the victory over the recipient. Follows Ongka as he prepares for the giving of his Moka.
Note
Videodisc release of a 1974 production by Granada Television International.
Commentary in English ; conversations in Trobriand with English subtitles.
Commentary in English ; conversations in Trobriand with English subtitles.
Credits
Director/producer, Charlie Nairn ; anthropologist, Andrew Strathern ; camera, Ernest Vincze ; research, Pattie Winter.
System Details Note
DVD.
Added Corporate Author
Series
Disappearing world
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