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The Red Bowmen
The Red Bowmen

The Red Bowmen

5.5/10

0hr 58mins

Country:US

1978

Documentary
Spoken Languages: English

Overview:

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.

Budget

$0.00

Production companies

Institute of Papua New Guinea Studios

Genre

Documentary

Runtime

0hr 58mins

Rating

5.5/10

Release Date

1978-01-01