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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: Benin kingship rituals
  name:
    name part: Bradbury, R. E.
    role:
      role term: film producer.
  name:
    name part: Speed, Francis
    role:
      role term: film producer.
  name:
    name part: Benin Historical Research Scheme
    role:
      role term: sponsoring body
  name:
    name part: Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland
    role:
      role term: publisher.
  type of resource: moving image
  genre: videorecording
  genre: Webcast
  genre: Documentaries and Factual Films
  genre: Short films-Great Britain.
  genre: Encoded moving images.
  genre: Documentary films.
  genre: Ethnographic films.
  genre: Internet videos.
  genre: Nonfiction films.
  genre: Short films.
  genre: Vidéos sur Internet.
  genre: Films ethnographiques.
  genre: Documentaires.
  genre: Films autres que de fiction.
  genre: Courts métrages.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    place:
      place term: London
    publisher: Royal Anthropological Institute
    date issued: 1963
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    extent: 1 online resource (20 min.).
  abstract: Until it was conquered by the British in 1897, the city of Benin, in what is now Nigeria, was the centre of a powerful kingdom. Its rulers, the Obas of Benin, were mysterious, secluded figures who spent much of their time in the performance of rituals designed to enhance their power and to ensure the prosperity of their subjects. Many of the art objects for which Benin is famous were used in these rituals, some of which are still performed. This film shows some of the most significant moments in the rituals that take place around the beginning of the new year, including the greatest event of the ritual year, the Igwe Festival, in which the Obas divine powers are strengthened and renewed. The object of worship is the head of the living Oba, the seat of his ritual energy, on which the well-being of the nation is believed to depend on.
  target audience: general
  note: produced by F. Speed and R. Bradbury, for the Benin Historical Research Scheme.
  note: Originally produced as a motion picture in 1963.
  note: Title from resource description page (viewed Apr. 2, 2013).
  note: This edition in English and an undetermined language with English subtitles.
  subject:
    topic: Bini (African people)
    topic: Coronation
  subject:
    topic: Bini (African people)
    topic: Kings and rulers
  subject:
    topic: Bini (African people)
    topic: Rites and ceremonies
  subject:
    topic: Festivals
    geographic: Nigeria
  subject:
    geographic: Nigeria
    topic: Social life and customs
  subject:
    topic: Edo (Peuple d'Afrique)
    topic: Couronnement
  subject:
    topic: Edo (Peuple d'Afrique)
    topic: Rites et cérémonies
  subject:
    topic: Bini (African people)
    topic: Kings and rulers
  subject:
    topic: Bini (African people)
    topic: Rites and ceremonies
  subject:
    topic: Festivals
  subject:
    topic: Manners and customs
  subject:
    geographic: Nigeria
  classification: GN303
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Ethnographic video online ; volume 1
  identifier: http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login
  record info:
    record content source: ALSTP
    record creation date: 870720
    record change date: 20241201230005.9
    record identifier: in00005543222
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng