The Lau of Malaita (Disappearing Worlds episode 33) (1987) (no video link)
Title
The Lau of Malaita (Disappearing Worlds episode 33) (1987) (no video link)
Subject
Documentary films
Tribal citizenship
URL
No video link found. This content is associated with a videotape in the CCDR Collections audiovisual library originally recorded by Joann W. Kealiinohomoku. No link has yet been found to provide online access and the original videotape has not yet been digitized.
Description
Content description from WorldCat (https://www.worldcat.org/title/lau-of-malaita/oclc/820954264):
In a spectacular South Pacific lagoon, the Lau have established an extraordinary way of life, safe from enemies and disease. This program looks at how the Lau are fighting to preserve this way of life in the face of the spread of Christianity and new ideas from the outside world. The beliefs and values which have shaped the Lau for hundreds of years, what they call the life of custom, is in retreat: conflict pervades daily life, creating division in families and eroding the knowledge of traditional life. Two custom priests commit what is considered ritual suicide, one by swimming under a canoe containing women and the other by deliberately making a mistake in a ceremony; within weeks, both priests have physically died.
Ephemera: none available.
Limitations: This page displays video content associated with a videotape in the CCDR Collections audiovisual library recorded by Joann W. Kealiinohomoku. Please be advised that, because this videotape has not yet been digitized for direct access, we cannot guarantee that the video content on this page is an exact match with the content originally recorded by Dr. Kealiinohomoku. We also cannot guarantee function or access for re-hosted video content.
In a spectacular South Pacific lagoon, the Lau have established an extraordinary way of life, safe from enemies and disease. This program looks at how the Lau are fighting to preserve this way of life in the face of the spread of Christianity and new ideas from the outside world. The beliefs and values which have shaped the Lau for hundreds of years, what they call the life of custom, is in retreat: conflict pervades daily life, creating division in families and eroding the knowledge of traditional life. Two custom priests commit what is considered ritual suicide, one by swimming under a canoe containing women and the other by deliberately making a mistake in a ceremony; within weeks, both priests have physically died.
Ephemera: none available.
Limitations: This page displays video content associated with a videotape in the CCDR Collections audiovisual library recorded by Joann W. Kealiinohomoku. Please be advised that, because this videotape has not yet been digitized for direct access, we cannot guarantee that the video content on this page is an exact match with the content originally recorded by Dr. Kealiinohomoku. We also cannot guarantee function or access for re-hosted video content.
Original Format
TV broadcast recorded off air by JWK: Betamax tape
Creator
Brian Moser (creator)
Publisher
Granada Television
Public Broadcasting Company (PBS)
Date
1987
Citation
“The Lau of Malaita (Disappearing Worlds episode 33) (1987) (no video link),” Cross-Cultural Dance Resources Collections, accessed April 26, 2024, https://ccdrcollections.omeka.net/items/show/160.