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Shorts RAI Film Festival 2021. caring for bees in a divided land / Wild honey :

For more than a century, the island of Timor has been divided by a colonial border. Timor's migratory wild honey bees challenge this division. In community honey harvest rituals, queen bees are courted in a ceremony by men who climb high into the canopy to sing nocturnal forest love songs. This...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Palmer, Lisa, 1973- (Director)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:English subtitles.
Published: London, England : Royal Anthropological Institute, 2019.
Series:Shorts RAI Film Festival 2021
Subjects:
Bees > Timor Island.
Honey > Timor Island.
Rites and ceremonies > Timor Island.
Timor Island > Social life and customs.
Timor (Île) > Mœurs et coutumes.
Bees
Honey
Manners and customs
Rites and ceremonies
Asia > Timor Island
documentary film.
Documentary films
Short films
Documentary films.
Short films.
Documentaires.
Courts métrages.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:For more than a century, the island of Timor has been divided by a colonial border. Timor's migratory wild honey bees challenge this division. In community honey harvest rituals, queen bees are courted in a ceremony by men who climb high into the canopy to sing nocturnal forest love songs. This observational film portrays a border community who are determined to maintain the bees' movement across the region and preserve their shared identity. "Wild Honey" is the outcome of a long-term collaboration between researchers Balthasar Kehi and Lisa Palmer and the people of Kehi's homeland of Lookeu.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed June 22, 2023).
Physical Description:1 online resource (31 minutes)
Playing Time:00:30:29