The Red Bowmen
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Synopsis
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. An ethnography by anthropologist Alfred Gell, Metamorphosis of the Cassowaries, complements the film.
Details
- Chris Owen
- January 1, 1978
- Released
- Papua New Guinea
- Institute of Papua New Guinea Studios
- 58m
Where to watch
Kanopy
