New Hebrides film project : Malakula, 1970-1974 ; OC-75.1.1-1 à OC-75.1.1-7, OC-75.1.1-21-OC-75.1.1-22
Film et Vidéo
- Auteurs : Muller Kal (1939-...) ;
- Editeurs : [Washington, D.C.] Smithsonian Institution ;
- Date d'édition : 1970-1974
- Sujets : Danse -- DVD -- Malekula (Vanuatu, île), Instruments de musique, Monuments funéraires, Agriculture, Enfants, Malekula (Vanuatu, île) -- Rites et cérémonies funéraires -- DVD, Films ethnographiques DVD Malekula (VanuatuArchives audiovisuelles
- Autre(s) édition(s) : Nouvelles Hebrides
- Langue(s) : Anglais
- Description matérielle : 3 DVD (4 h 54 min), : Muet, coul., video
- Pays de publication : États-Unis
- Collection (notice d'ensemble) : Human studies Film Archives-Smithsonian Institution, : Oceania.
Notes
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Résumé
Full film record shot of the traditional non-Christian people of interior Malekula, New Hebrides (Vanuatu); the 'Small Nambas' of the Lendombwey region; and the 'Big Nambas' of Amok village. Small Nambas footage documents various daily and ceremonial aspects of Nambas culture. These include scenes of casual domestic activities around residential hamlet complexes and subsistence practices relating to gardening and food preparation; various 'custom' practices including male ritual activities enacted in and around the ceremonial ground or bunsar; nevimbur (funerary rituals to appease and invoke the spirits of the dead which are directed principally by a male gerontocracy) featuring male dancing and drumming, ceremonial display, and exchange of yams, pigs, and lap-lap (taro pudding); and artistic creation of temesnevimbur (funerary sculptures) in a ritually circumscribed area of the male ceremonial ground and the display of these and related rhambarab (life-size effigies) in ritual contexts. Also depicted are ogases (women's grade-taking rituals) including ritual purifications, adornment, dancing, tooth extraction, and pig sacrifices. Big Nambas footage depicts daily life in the compound of the chief of Amok village and women working in a recently burned swidden garden. Archive filmique numérisée par la Smithsonian Institution (Human Studies Film Archives)