Program was filmed over three months on the Trobriand Islands, New Guinea, documenting Mwasawa or the season of happiness, the period from harvesting time of yams to the Milamala Festival, when, it is believed, the spirits of the dead come from the island of the dead called Tuma. During the filming a woman dies and the village goes into mourning.
Legacy D15Keywords: Rites and ceremonies ; Mortuary customs ; Death and mortuary customs ; Agriculture ; Harvesting ; Language and culture ; Oceania ; Trobriand Islands (Papua New Guinea) ; Festivals
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Local Number: HSFA 2004.10.32
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Man TV, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution