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The second program in a trilogy focusing on the Hamar, an isolated people of southwestern Ethiopia. This film shows Duka and her friend, Gardi, as they prepare to marry men they have never met. The film follows the build-up to the marriages, from the all night vigil with girlfriends, to farewells wh...
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| Format: | Video VHS |
| Language: | English |
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New York, N.Y. :
Filmakers Library,
[1994]
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| Series: | Hamar trilogy ;
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| Summary: | The second program in a trilogy focusing on the Hamar, an isolated people of southwestern Ethiopia. This film shows Duka and her friend, Gardi, as they prepare to marry men they have never met. The film follows the build-up to the marriages, from the all night vigil with girlfriends, to farewells when the brides are taken away at dawn to the village of their husband's family, the arrival in the villages and the preparation of the prospective brides for the ceremony by the mother-in-law. |
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| Item Description: | African dialect with English subtitles. Originally broadcast in 1990 on the BBC television program, Under The Sun. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videocassette (50 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in. |
| Format: | VHS. |
| Production Credits: | Photography, Ned Johnston and Alessandra Scherillo ; editors, David Hope and Beatrice Bakhti. |