The return of gods and ancestors
Film et Vidéo
- Auteurs : Hu Taili ;
- Editeurs : Watertown Documentary Educational Resources [éd., distrib.] ;
- Date d'édition : 2007
- Sujets : Films documentaires -- Asie, Films ethnographiques, Paiwan (langue), Flûte, Taiwan
- Langue(s) : Chinois, Anglais
- Description matérielle : 1 DVD vidéo monoface simple couche zone 0 (35 mn), 4/3, coul.
- Pays de publication : États-Unis
Notes
Film en langue paiwan et chinois. Sous-titres en anglais ; Tourné à Taiwan
Résumé
The Return of Gods and Ancestor is the first locally made ethnographic film in Taiwan. Under extremely low budget, anthropologist Hu Tai-Li recorded with a hand-cranked Bell & Howell 16 mm camera the most magnificent five year ceremony in Paiwan tribe. The shooting ratio was only 3:1.The Paiwan people on the one hand expected to receive blessings of the gods and ancestors through piercing rattan balls with extended bamboo poles; on the other, they tried to prevent any harm caused by the evil spirits. During the filming processes, the competitive chiefs were stimulated to reveal the cultural structure in front of the camera. The Paiwan five year ceremony is not only the reunion of the dead and the alive, but the meeting of the old and the new.