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Title:
Kawelka [videorecording] : Ongka's big moka / Granada Television International, Shanachie Entertainment.
Format:
[videorecording] :
Publisher:
Shanachie Entertainment Corp.,
Copyright Date:
2003
Description:
1 videodisc (52 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject:
Ceremonial exchange--Papua New Guinea.
Ethnology--Mount Hagen.--Mount Hagen.
Kawelka (New Guinea people)
Documentary films.
Papua New Guinea--Social life and customs.
Other Authors:
Nairn, Charlie.
Strathern, Andrew.
Vincze, Ernest.
Winter, Pattie.
Granada Television International.
Shanachie Entertainment Corp.
Notes:
Videodisc release of a 1974 production by Granada Television International. Commentary in English ; conversations in Trobriand with English subtitles. "Shanachie 925"--Container label.
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.
Series:
Disappearing world
OCLC:
(OCoLC)54094167
Locations:
UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)
OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

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