Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (65 min.).
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010518
Edition:
Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2012. (Ethnographic video online). Available via World Wide Web.
Series Statement:
Ethnographic video online, volume 2
Series Statement:
Living cultures
Keywords:
Coming of age
;
Festivals
;
Intitiation rites
;
Zambia
;
France
;
Nonfiction films.
Abstract:
Every April, in Zambia, the Makishi demons come to take away young boys. This event celebrates the beginning of the initiation from adolescence to manhood. In the village of Kashushu, this Mukanda ceremony is 500 years old and has been passed down orally for generations. Patrick, the main organizer this year, has to raise money for costumes, food and for the 4 months of initiation. But the celebration is so expensive that Patrick struggles to meet both ends. He fears for the future of the Mukanda, and without the help of an organization like UNESCO, it will certainly disappear.
Note:
Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 27, 2013).
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Previously released as DVD.
,
This edition in English.
URL:
http://www.aspresolver.com/aspresolver.asp?ANTH;1860703
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