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The Kawelka : Ongka's big moka /

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Ongka is a charismatic big-man of the Kawelka tribe who live scattered in the Western highlands, north of Mount Hagen, in New Guinea. The film focuses on the motivations and efforts involved in organising a big ceremonial gift-exchange or moka planned to take place sometime in 1974. Ongka has spent...

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Other Authors: Strathern, Andrew (Contributor), Winter, Pattie (Researcher), Vincze, Ernie (Cinematographer), Brady, Shelagh (Film editor), Moser, Brian, 1935- (Editor)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:This edition in English.
Published: London : Royal Anthropological Institute, 1974.
Series:Disappearing world
Subjects:
Ceremonial exchange > Papua New Guinea > Western Highlands Province.
Kawelka (Papua New Guinean people) > Social life and customs.
Ethnology > Papua New Guinea > Western Highlands Province.
Western Highlands Province (Papua New Guinea) > Social life and customs.
Kawelka (Peuple de Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée) > Mœurs et coutumes.
Ceremonial exchange
Ethnology
Manners and customs
Papua New Guinea > Western Highlands Province
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