New Guinea, Normanby Island (Me'udana) -- Festival at Conclusion of Mourning "Bwabware"
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.824; E00534
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film (Göttingen, Germany)
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content: Institut Für Den Wissenschaftlichen Filmen (IWF) Encyclopaedia Cinematographica film collection
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (19 minutes, color silent, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1962
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: Edited film: the widower Talogihi and his relatives celebrate the ending of the mourning period. Restrictions or taboos that were placed on him since his wife's death are now being lifted; he was forbidden to wash, cut or comb his hair, shave, and be given good food. The women who had worn long aprons are now permitted to shorten them. Talogihi finally goes through a ritual symbolizing his rebirth without mourning restrictions into society.
Legacy Keywords: Papua New Guinea ; New Guinea, Normanby Island ; Oceania; Me'udana