Barabaig (film)
name: label: Collection Director
content: Klima, George J., 1922-2016
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content: George J. Klima collection
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content: George J. Klima collection / Series 2: Barabaig publications
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1979
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.2017.08, Subseries 2.3
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This subseries includes audiovisual materials, scripts, and correspondence pertaining to the published film Barabaig (1979), edited by Klima from his Tanzanian fieldwork footage and distributed by Penn State Media. The film documents the cultural and existential focus on cattle among the semi-nomadic Barabaig, including rituals, social conflict, and economic problem-solving. Sequences include payment of a cattle fine, the sacrifice of a bull, a wedding ceremony, and a circumcision ritual. The film was distributed by Penn State.

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