Ongka's Big Moka: The Kawelka of Papua New Guinea (Disappearing World episode 13) (1976) (no video link)
Title
Ongka's Big Moka: The Kawelka of Papua New Guinea (Disappearing World episode 13) (1976) (no video link)
Subject
Ceremonial exchange--Papua New Guinea
Kawelka (Papua New Guinean people)
Ethnology--Papua New Guinea
Description
Content description from Worldcat (https://www.worldcat.org/title/ongkas-big-moka/oclc/977485528):
In Papua New Guinea, status is earned by giving things away rather than acquiring them. Explores the Moka, a ceremony in which people give gifts to members of other tribes. The larger the gift, the greater the victory over the recipient. Follows Ongka as he prepares for the giving of his Moka.
Ephemera: available through CCDR Collections at Arizona State University. Photocopied clipping with info about program.
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 Papua New Guinea, status is earned by giving things away rather than acquiring them. Explores the Moka, a ceremony in which people give gifts to members of other tribes. The larger the gift, the greater the victory over the recipient. Follows Ongka as he prepares for the giving of his Moka.
Ephemera: available through CCDR Collections at Arizona State University. Photocopied clipping with info about program.
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
Charlie Nairn (director and producer)
Andrew Strathern (anthropologist)
Don Wescott (narrator)
Publisher
Grenada Television
Date
1976
Citation
“Ongka's Big Moka: The Kawelka of Papua New Guinea (Disappearing World episode 13) (1976) (no video link),” Cross-Cultural Dance Resources Collections, accessed April 25, 2024, https://ccdrcollections.omeka.net/items/show/369.