Bibliograph

The Red Bowmen, by Chris Owen

Type

Label

The Red Bowmen, by Chris Owen

Language

eng

Abstract

Every year, a ritual known as ida is performed by the Umeda people, who inhabit the dense primary forest of the Waina-Sawanda district of West Sepik, Papua New Guinea. Ida, the central social and cultural drama of the Umeda, is a fertility ritual, in which a dominant theme is the metamorphosis of the cassowaries

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

The Red Bowmen

Oclc number

897773863

resource.otherEventInformation

Originally produced by Documentary Educational Resources in 1983

Responsibility statement

by Chris Owen

Runtime

Technique