Film Study of the Lifestyle of the Western Caroline Islands of Micronesia
odd: label: Local Number
content: HSFA 1986.13.25
name: label: Collection Creator
content: National Anthropological Film Center (U.S.)
label: Collection Cinematographer
content: Maradol, Mathias
label: Collection Cinematographer
content: Schecter, Steven
label: Collection Creator
content: Sorenson, E. Richard
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content: National Anthropological Film Center films of the Western Caroline Islands of Micronesia
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 46 Film reels (color sound; 53,583 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1976
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: Full film record created for the National Anthropological Film Center, Smithsonian Institution, was shot in the villages of Falalop, Falalis and Wantagai, Woleai Atoll. Research film project was shot primarily in Falalis of daily life and socialization of children. Footage includes different fishing activities by men, women, and children; making rope and canoe building in the canoe house; canoe launching; preparations for a relief canoe voyage to take food to a neighboring typhoon-struck island; ceremonial feast to thank the spirits for the safe return of the voyagers; young boys hunting birds; visit of the Catholic Bishop; taro cultivation; gathering breadfruit; women grooming; preparation of coconut leaves for roof thatching and thatching; women weaving banana fiber cloth lava-lavas; and dance preparation and performance.