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Tighten the drums : self decoration among the Enga.

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"In the Western Highlands of Papua New Guinea, the Enga people have developed the art of body decoration as a visual language. Using earth paints, tree oils, bird plumes, human hair, and a variety of plants, the Enga turn the body into a medium for an expressive and dramatic symbolism. This fil...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies, Documentary Educational Resources (Firm)
Other Authors: Owen, Chris (Director), Tokume, Johnbili
Format: Video
Language:English
Published: Watertown, Mass. : Documentary Educational Resources, ©2004.
Series:Ethnographic video online.
Subjects:
Costume > Papua New Guinea.
Enga (Papua New Guinean people) > Clothing.
Enga (Papua New Guinean people) > Social life and customs.
Enga (Peuple de Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée) > Mœurs et coutumes.
Costume.
Papua New Guinea.
Encoded moving images.
Documentary films.
Ethnographic films.
Nonfiction films.
Documentaires.
Films ethnographiques.
Films autres que de fiction.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:"In the Western Highlands of Papua New Guinea, the Enga people have developed the art of body decoration as a visual language. Using earth paints, tree oils, bird plumes, human hair, and a variety of plants, the Enga turn the body into a medium for an expressive and dramatic symbolism. This film shows the diverse forms of body art in both daily life and ritual in Enga village society"--Case.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 streaming video (44 min.))
Production Credits:Director, Chris Owen ; narrator, Johnbili Tokume.