Man Blong Custom (Outtakes)
odd: label: General
content: Local Number: HSFA 1975.5.1 - 8
name: label: Collection Producer
content: British Broadcasting Corporation
label: Collection Host
content: Attenborough, David, 1926-
label: Collection Director
content: MacIntyre, Michael
setName: label: See more items in
content: Man Blong Custom (Outtakes)
physdesc: label: Extent
content: Film reels (color sound, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1974-1975
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Outtakes from edited film includes shots of an old man sitting outside his house at a site in highland Malekula; pigs foraging around the dwelling; closeup shots of hybiscus and other types of flowers that figure prominently in the ceremonial life of the natives; aerial views of the island showing varied topography and settlement patterns, ecology, coconut plantations; ceremonial drumming and dancing at ritual enclosure where men are playing slit gongs; adornment of participants with leaves and flowers; procession of individuals into the enclosure holding burning torches.

Legacy Keywords: Houses dwellings ; Animal husbandry pigs ; Settlement patterns ecology ; Ecology aerial views ; Dancing slit gongs ; Singing slit gongs ; Ceremony music dance ; Adornment flowers leaves ; Art statuary slit gongs ; Language and culture ; Oceania ; New Hebrides ; Vanuatu ; Malekula (Vanuatu) ; Melanesians