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Produced by ? 1975.
ISBN: ?
Summary
The film is focused on the life of the moran and on the dramatic eunoto ceremony which marks the important transition from warriorhood to full social maturity and the responsibilities of elderhood. The moran are given an opportunity in the film to talk about warriorhood and they sensitively strive to explain their ideals to the anthropologist. Their words are effectively translated in sub-titles. There is much valuable information in the film on the events leading up to the eunoto ceremony including a fascinating sequence on the joking abuse directed by the moran at their mothers and on the ritual procedures involved in the rite de passage itself.
Descript
1 videocassette (53 min.) : sd., color ; 1/2 in
Series
Disappearing World Series
Cast
Director: Chris Curling
Anthropologist: Melissa Llewelyn-Davies
Subject East Africa
Social maturity of a group of young men through a ceremony
http://www.therai.org.uk/film/the-series-of-disappearing-world/masai-manhood/ |