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Kambrambo (Neuguinea, Unterer Sepik) - Riten bei der Knabeninitiation

Formal Metadata

Title
Kambrambo (Neuguinea, Unterer Sepik) - Riten bei der Knabeninitiation
Alternative Title
Kambrambo (New Guinea, Lower Sepik) - Youths' Initiation Rites
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This film is in the public domain. Nevertheless, please quote the film with the correct title and names of the filmauthors to allow for a correct attribution of the films.
Identifiers
IWF SignatureE 502
Publisher
Release Date1963
LanguageSilent film
Producer
Production Year1930

Technical Metadata

IWF Technical DataFilm, 16 mm, 57 m ; SW, 5 1/2 min

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Genre
Abstract
German
German
Letzte Phase eines Initiationsfestes im Dorfe Kambrambo: Blasen auf heiligen Bambusflöten; Verschlingen der Knaben durch ein Krokodil, das aus Bambusgerippe und bemalten Palmblättern hergestellt ist; rituelles Blutablassen durch Reiben mit dornigen Lianen; Verbrennen des Krokodils.
English
English
Last phase of an initiation festival in the village of Kambrambo: playing of sacred bamboo flutes; "swallowing" of boys by a crocodile, made out of a bamboo frame and painted palmleaves; ritual bleeding brought about by rubbing with thorny lianas; burning of crocodile.
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English
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IWF Classification
German
German
English
English