Tanna Island (1975.1.2 - 6)
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1975.1.2 - 6
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Müller, Kal, 1939-
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content: Kal Muller films and photographs of Vanuatu (New Hebrides)
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content: Kal Muller films and photographs of Vanuatu (New Hebrides) / Series 2: Tanna Island films
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (color sound; 745 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1973-1974
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: Footage shot on Tanna Island during 1973 at Yoohnanan village ceremonial ground. Footage includes rehersals of the women's napenapen dances (formerly outlawed by missionaries) which are part of the revitalization practices of the John Frum cargo cult members; shots of women dancers dressed in plain and colored grass skirts in various dance sequences; rhythmic handclapping with dance-pillows during dances; casual shots during breaks from dance of women caring for their children, children at play, eating sugar cane, and older girls looking after younger siblings; dance skits which feature one women pretending to shave while another holds mirror; women dancing in a circle, various halting movements across dance ground.