Gilbert Islands, Nonuti (Micronesians) -- Ball Game of Men "Boiri"
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.765; E00879
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 (3 minutes, black-and-white silent, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1963
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: men and young boys of the village Tetua build a ring and play this game against one another with a cubical "ball" made of plaited palm leaves. The ball is kicked into the air. One person stands in the middle and can therefore pass the ball along to others in an arbitrary manner, all done by kicking. There is no point system and no winner.
Legacy Keywords: Kiribati ; Gilbert Islands, Nonuti ; Oceania; Micronesians