
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