East Africa, Tanganyika (Mbunga) -- Maiden's Initiation Rites
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.290; E00144
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 (11 minutes, black-and-white silent, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1949
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: shows excerpts of the two initiation festivals held for girls: the "Little Ngoma" and the "Big Ngoma". The first is characterized by the girls' female relatives singing and dancing around them, while the second ceremony includes the initiates being carried along by a mass of people.
Legacy Keywords: Tanzania ; East Africa, Tanganyika ; Africa; Mbunga