Every year, a ritual known as ida is performed by the Umeda people, who inhabit the dense primary forest of the Waina-Sawanda district of West Sepik, Papua New Guinea. Ida, the central social and cultural drama of the Umeda, is a fertility ritual, in which a dominant theme is the metamorphosis of the cassowaries. An ethnography by anthropologist Alfred Gell, Metamorphosis of the Cassowaries, complements the film. |
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Ratings: | IMDB: 6.3/10 | |
Released: | January 1, 1978 | |
Runtime: | 58 min | |
Genres: | Documentary | |
Countries: | Papua New Guinea | |
Companies: | Institute of Papua New Guinea Studios | |
Crew: | Chris Owen | |
grape nehi : Wow this was horrible... who told this chic Sweeney she could act? smh