Tanna Island (1975.1.2 - 5)
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1975.1.2 - 5
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; 906 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 rehearsals 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 with vegetal material covering torsos; women filing in processional form onto the dance ground and forming a circle; dancers rhythmically clapping pillow-like pads as they dance; movement of dancers to various areas of the ceremonial gound; children on the margins of the dance rehearsal, some practicing along with adult women; overhead shots of dancers as they proceed onto dance ground; dispersal of dancers.