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Ongka's big moka. Charlie Nairn, réal

Nairn, Charlie 2010

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Title:
Ongka's big moka. Charlie Nairn, réal
Related Titles: Odyssey Odyssey Images animées Watertown Documentary Educational Resources 200X- DVD;
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lds02: Films documentaires
Océanie
Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée
Author: Nairn, Charlie
Publisher: Watertown : Documentary Educational Resources, 2010
Subjects: Ethnologie -- DVD -- Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée;
Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée -- Rites et cérémonies -- DVD;
Films ethnographiques -- DVD -- Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée
Includes: Cop. : Granada Television
Version en papou sous-titrée en anglais
lds04: Indiqué sur la jaquette : Ongka is a "bigman", a leader of a Kwelka tribe in New Guinea where a man's authority and prestige are are derived in large part by his ability to organize a lavisk "moka", or gift-giving. The moka is an elaborate system of gifts which forges alliances and maintains peace among the tribes. In this particular moka, which Ongka had been planning for ten years, the gifts included 600 pigs, cattle, rare birds, a motorcycle and a truck. The gifts obligate the recipients to repat the debt with even more "generousity" so as to maintain their own prestige. The film closely chronicles this celebration, including the preparation, and reveals a fascinating portrait of Ongka himself.
Language: Papuan-Australian (Other);English
Creation Date: 2010
Format: 1 DVD (58 min) : coul. (PAL), son.

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