Tanna Island (1975.1.2 - 10A & B)
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1975.1.2 - 10A & B
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: 2 Film reels (color sound; 2,538 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 1974 in Yoohnanan village. Footage includes shots of natives preparing food and cooking in the corner of the village ceremonial ground, shots of a late afternoon session of kava drinking which, having been previously outlawed by missionaries and the French Condominium government, was revived as a daily occurence as part of cargo cult activities on Tanna; the various phases in the preparations for drinking kava including scraping and chewing the root, straining the masticated roots through leaves; elder males imbibing the intoxicating draught before a large tree. Shots of a traditional dance (also a "custom" revival as part of the John Frum cargo cult); male dancers filing onto the ceremonial ground and forming a moving circle; massing into a group to begin dancing and singing; overhead angle shots of the dancers on the ceremonial ground; clumps of kava roots displayed on the dance ground; dancers regailed in vegetal adornment; dispersal of the dancers.