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Carnival King of Europe, Tabom in Bahia
directed by Juan Diego Diaz, fl. 2017 and Nilton Pereira, fl. 2017; produced by Juan Diego Diaz, fl. 2017, Brazil. Embassy (Accra), Tap Portugal and Fiesta Hotels & Resorts, S.L., in Carnival King of Europe (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute, 2017), 52 mins
There is a small community in Ghana who identify as Brazilians. Their name is the Tabom. They are the descendants of former enslaved Africans and creoles who resettled from Bahia to Ghana during the 19th century, especially after the Malês Revolt in Bahia of 1835. They left Bahia escaping repression, looking for...
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directed by Juan Diego Diaz, fl. 2017 and Nilton Pereira, fl. 2017; produced by Juan Diego Diaz, fl. 2017, Brazil. Embassy (Accra), Tap Portugal and Fiesta Hotels & Resorts, S.L., in Carnival King of Europe (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute, 2017), 52 mins
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There is a small community in Ghana who identify as Brazilians. Their name is the Tabom. They are the descendants of former enslaved Africans and creoles who resettled from Bahia to Ghana during the 19th century, especially after the Malês Revolt in Bahia of 1835. They left Bahia escaping repression, looking for better life opportunities, and in search of their ancestral roots. They were received by the Ga people in British, Danish and Dutch-dom...
There is a small community in Ghana who identify as Brazilians. Their name is the Tabom. They are the descendants of former enslaved Africans and creoles who resettled from Bahia to Ghana during the 19th century, especially after the Malês Revolt in Bahia of 1835. They left Bahia escaping repression, looking for better life opportunities, and in search of their ancestral roots. They were received by the Ga people in British, Danish and Dutch-dominated Accra and gradually integrated to this group and to the larger Ghanaian society. However, despite the fact that they no longer speak Portuguese and that most have never set foot in Brazil, they still cherish Brazil and have never given up their dream to visit Bahia, their ancestral homeland.Master drummer Eric Odwarkei Morton is one of many Tabom who has dreamt all his life about visiting Bahia. He is a sixth generation Tabom and a key member of his community who presides religious and funerary ceremonies through song, drumming, and prayers. Tabom in Bahia documents Eric's journey to Brazil and also his preparation for the trip in Accra. The three-week journey took him to urban and rural locations in Salvador, Cachoeira, Santo Amaro, and Valença. Eric met with capoeira and samba-de-roda masters, Candomblé dancers, musicians, and spiritual leaders, members of carnival associations, music teachers and students, and black activists. He was received with anticipation and treated with utmost respect by an Afro-Bahian community that cherishes their African heritage. During the trip Eric not only discovered capoeira, samba-de-roda, samba-reggae, ijexa, and various Candomblé traditions, but also shared agbe, the musical style that he commands.Ethnomusicologist: Juan Diego Diaz
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Anthropology
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Documentary
Contributor
Juan Diego Diaz, fl. 2017, Brazil. Embassy (Accra), Tap Portugal, Fiesta Hotels & Resorts, S.L.
Author / Creator
Juan Diego Diaz, fl. 2017, Nilton Pereira, fl. 2017
Date Published / Released
2017
Publisher
Royal Anthropological Institute
Series
Carnival King of Europe
Speaker / Narrator
Juan Diego Diaz, fl. 2017
Topic / Theme
Cultural identity, Drums, Folk music, Samba, Candomblé, Capoeira, African Brazilian, Agudas
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Carnival King of Europe, DVD 5, Visions of Shrove Thursday in Central Tyrol
directed by Michele Trentini, fl. 2015; produced by Museo degli usi e costumi della gente trentina, in Carnival King of Europe, DVD 5 (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute, 2014), 10 mins
Due to the strict Jesuit prohibitions in olden days, the central Tyrol Fasnacht tends to ends on Shrove Thursday, a few days earlier than elsewhere.
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directed by Michele Trentini, fl. 2015; produced by Museo degli usi e costumi della gente trentina, in Carnival King of Europe, DVD 5 (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute, 2014), 10 mins
Description
Due to the strict Jesuit prohibitions in olden days, the central Tyrol Fasnacht tends to ends on Shrove Thursday, a few days earlier than elsewhere.
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Giovanni Kezich, 1956-, Museo degli usi e costumi della gente trentina
Author / Creator
Michele Trentini, fl. 2015, Giovanni Kezich, 1956-
Date Published / Released
2014
Publisher
Royal Anthropological Institute
Series
Carnival King of Europe
Topic / Theme
Religious festivals
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The Carrot and the Stick
directed by Susi Arnott (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute, 1988), 48 mins
When they retired from selling insurance and teaching, John and Irene Brown volunteered to work overseas under a British Aid programme. They were sent to expand a marketing project aimed at gardeners in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea. The film brings out the conflicts within a development project, where expecta...
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directed by Susi Arnott (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute, 1988), 48 mins
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When they retired from selling insurance and teaching, John and Irene Brown volunteered to work overseas under a British Aid programme. They were sent to expand a marketing project aimed at gardeners in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea. The film brings out the conflicts within a development project, where expectations of European market capitalism clash with the local subsistence system.
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Susi Arnott, Irene Brown, fl. 2014, John Russell Brown, fl. 1977
Author / Creator
Susi Arnott
Date Published / Released
1988
Publisher
Royal Anthropological Institute
Topic / Theme
Papua New Guinean, Capitalism, Cultural identity, Government aid, Volunteers, Indigenous peoples, Ethnography, Papua New Guineans
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1988. Used by permission of Royal Anthropological Institute. All rights reserved.
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Casado's Legacy
directed by Valentina Bonifacio, fl. 2009; produced by University of Manchester. Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute, 2009), 49 mins
For 100 years Maskoy people worked in Carlos Casado’s tannin factory. The factory, which had been founded on their land, based its production on the exploitation of local natural resources. After exploiting the territory, the company closed the factory and sold the land. For Maskoy people who fought against the...
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directed by Valentina Bonifacio, fl. 2009; produced by University of Manchester. Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute, 2009), 49 mins
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For 100 years Maskoy people worked in Carlos Casado’s tannin factory. The factory, which had been founded on their land, based its production on the exploitation of local natural resources. After exploiting the territory, the company closed the factory and sold the land. For Maskoy people who fought against the company to repossess their former territory, Casado’s legacy is a land without food. On this land, they have to rebuild their life,...
For 100 years Maskoy people worked in Carlos Casado’s tannin factory. The factory, which had been founded on their land, based its production on the exploitation of local natural resources. After exploiting the territory, the company closed the factory and sold the land. For Maskoy people who fought against the company to repossess their former territory, Casado’s legacy is a land without food. On this land, they have to rebuild their life, and in doing so, have to come to terms with their past and their dreams.
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Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Valentina Bonifacio, fl. 2009, University of Manchester. Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology
Author / Creator
Valentina Bonifacio, fl. 2009
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
Royal Anthropological Institute
Person Discussed
Carlos Casado del Alisal, 1833-1899
Topic / Theme
Land redistribution, Toba (Paraguay)
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A Chair
directed by Anna Grimshaw, fl. 1989-2014 (United Kingdom: Royal Anthropological Institute, 2013), 42 mins
A poem about a chair. In 1960, Bill Coperthwaite bought 300 acres of wilderness in Machiasport, Maine. Influenced by the poetry of Emily Dickinson and by the back to the land movement of Scott and Helen Nearing, Bill Coperthwaite dedicated himself to what he called “a handmade life.” Until his death in 2013,...
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directed by Anna Grimshaw, fl. 1989-2014 (United Kingdom: Royal Anthropological Institute, 2013), 42 mins
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A poem about a chair. In 1960, Bill Coperthwaite bought 300 acres of wilderness in Machiasport, Maine. Influenced by the poetry of Emily Dickinson and by the back to the land movement of Scott and Helen Nearing, Bill Coperthwaite dedicated himself to what he called “a handmade life.” Until his death in 2013, Bill Coperthwaite lived and worked in the forest. He was a builder of yurts, and a maker of spoons, bowls and chairs. A Chair: in s...
A poem about a chair. In 1960, Bill Coperthwaite bought 300 acres of wilderness in Machiasport, Maine. Influenced by the poetry of Emily Dickinson and by the back to the land movement of Scott and Helen Nearing, Bill Coperthwaite dedicated himself to what he called “a handmade life.” Until his death in 2013, Bill Coperthwaite lived and worked in the forest. He was a builder of yurts, and a maker of spoons, bowls and chairs. A Chair: in six parts, a meditation on time and process, explores the rhythm, movement and poetry of dwelling in the world.
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Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Anna Grimshaw, fl. 1989-2014, William S. Coperthwaite, 1930-2013
Author / Creator
Anna Grimshaw, fl. 1989-2014
Date Published / Released
2013
Publisher
Royal Anthropological Institute
Topic / Theme
Homesteading, Woodworking
Copyright Message
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Cham in the Lepcha Village of Lingthem
directed by Asen Balikci, 1929- (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute, 2007), 50 mins
Every winter, over a period of six days, the lamas of Lingthem's village monastery hold their annual cham. These dramatic ritual masked dances impart elementary Buddhist teachings while providing entertainment to villagers. Their main purpose is to remove obstacles and ward off misfortune for the village, its inha...
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directed by Asen Balikci, 1929- (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute, 2007), 50 mins
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Every winter, over a period of six days, the lamas of Lingthem's village monastery hold their annual cham. These dramatic ritual masked dances impart elementary Buddhist teachings while providing entertainment to villagers. Their main purpose is to remove obstacles and ward off misfortune for the village, its inhabitants and the monastery. However, for lamas and more serious Buddhist practitioners, these cham and their rituals hold deep philosoph...
Every winter, over a period of six days, the lamas of Lingthem's village monastery hold their annual cham. These dramatic ritual masked dances impart elementary Buddhist teachings while providing entertainment to villagers. Their main purpose is to remove obstacles and ward off misfortune for the village, its inhabitants and the monastery. However, for lamas and more serious Buddhist practitioners, these cham and their rituals hold deep philosophical meanings. The dances were beautifully filmed by Dawa Tsering Lepcha in his own village monastery in the Lepcha reserve of Dzongu, North Sikkim. In the course of this village event, the deities who emerge in the period between death and rebirth make their rhythmic appearances followed by the Lord of Death who judges one's good and bad deeds in the after life. This film is the second produced by the Namgyal Institute of Tibetology as part of its visual anthropology project. This training program for indigenous filmmakers aims to produce a documented video record of Sikkim's vanishing indigenous and Buddhist cultures. Its primary purpose is to record and preserve the meaning and proper performance of Sikkim's rituals within their social and economic context.
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Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Asen Balikci, 1929-, Anna Balikci-Denjongpa
Author / Creator
Asen Balikci, 1929-, Anna Balikci-Denjongpa
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
Royal Anthropological Institute
Topic / Theme
Indian, Lepcha, Community events, Dancing, Monks, Economics, Cultural identity, Buddhism, Religious rites and ceremonies, Monasteries, Ethnography, Indians (Asian)
Copyright Message
Copyright 2007. Used by permission of Royal Anthropological Institute. All rights reserved.
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Chantal's Choice
directed by Priscilla B. Hinckley, fl. 1990 and Carlyn Saltman, fl. 2000; produced by Carlyn Saltman, fl. 2000 and Priscilla B. Hinckley, fl. 1990 (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute, 1990), 30 mins
Adolescents in Ouagadougou, Burkino Faso, West Africa create a play for their peers in Europe and the USA. They enact an African folktale about a girl who faces a painful dilemma because she is determined to stay in school.
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directed by Priscilla B. Hinckley, fl. 1990 and Carlyn Saltman, fl. 2000; produced by Carlyn Saltman, fl. 2000 and Priscilla B. Hinckley, fl. 1990 (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute, 1990), 30 mins
Description
Adolescents in Ouagadougou, Burkino Faso, West Africa create a play for their peers in Europe and the USA. They enact an African folktale about a girl who faces a painful dilemma because she is determined to stay in school.
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Priscilla B. Hinckley, fl. 1990, Carlyn Saltman, fl. 2000
Author / Creator
Priscilla B. Hinckley, fl. 1990, Carlyn Saltman, fl. 2000
Date Published / Released
1990
Publisher
Royal Anthropological Institute
Topic / Theme
Burkinabé, Schools, Playwrights, Plays, Adolescence, Folklore, Ethnography, Burkinabés
Copyright Message
Copyright 1990. Used by permission of Royal Anthropological Institute. All rights reserved.
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The Condor and the Bull
directed by Peter Getzels, 1956-, Harriet Gordon, fl. 1992 and Penny Harvey (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute, 1989), 59 mins
Villagers from remote hamlets high in the Andes join together with people from the roadside village of Ocongate for the Peruvian Independence Day celebration. Festivities require that a wild condor be captured and pitted against a bull during a bullfight in the town plaza. Through this event power relations are re...
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directed by Peter Getzels, 1956-, Harriet Gordon, fl. 1992 and Penny Harvey (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute, 1989), 59 mins
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Villagers from remote hamlets high in the Andes join together with people from the roadside village of Ocongate for the Peruvian Independence Day celebration. Festivities require that a wild condor be captured and pitted against a bull during a bullfight in the town plaza. Through this event power relations are revealed between the villagers of Ocongate and the highlanders, and of both of them to the Peruvian state.
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Penny Harvey, Harriet Gordon, fl. 1992, Peter Getzels, 1956-
Author / Creator
Peter Getzels, 1956-, Harriet Gordon, fl. 1992, Penny Harvey
Date Published / Released
1989
Publisher
Royal Anthropological Institute
Topic / Theme
Peruvian, Cultural identity, Bull fighting, Wild animals, Holiday celebrations, Ethnography, Peruvians
Copyright Message
Copyright 1989. Used by permission of Royal Anthropological Institute. All rights reserved.
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Confluences - Emerillon of French Guiana
directed by Perle Møhl, fl. 2007 (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute, 2007), 1 hour 18 mins
Like self-fulfilling prophecies, scientific reports have hitherto depicted the Emerillon of French Guiana as cultureless and doomed to disappear. With this film, an anthropologist proposes to defy these negative images, delving into their world with a lucid description of the down-to-earth and intersubjective cond...
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directed by Perle Møhl, fl. 2007 (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute, 2007), 1 hour 18 mins
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Like self-fulfilling prophecies, scientific reports have hitherto depicted the Emerillon of French Guiana as cultureless and doomed to disappear. With this film, an anthropologist proposes to defy these negative images, delving into their world with a lucid description of the down-to-earth and intersubjective conditions of anthropological fieldwork and knowledge-creation. Several Emerillon take up her proposition, and through their resourceful an...
Like self-fulfilling prophecies, scientific reports have hitherto depicted the Emerillon of French Guiana as cultureless and doomed to disappear. With this film, an anthropologist proposes to defy these negative images, delving into their world with a lucid description of the down-to-earth and intersubjective conditions of anthropological fieldwork and knowledge-creation. Several Emerillon take up her proposition, and through their resourceful and often stumbling efforts to maintain a life in the forest while profiting from their French citizenship, they present another version of what being Emerillon is all about.
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Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Perle Møhl, fl. 2007
Author / Creator
Perle Møhl, fl. 2007
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
Royal Anthropological Institute
Topic / Theme
Revitalization and ethnogenesis, Tribal and national groups, Cultural identity, Cultural adaptation, Emerillon
Copyright Message
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Confluences - Emerillon of French Guiana (Teacher's Edition)
directed by Perle Møhl, fl. 2007 (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute, 2007), 1 hour 18 mins
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Like self-fulfilling prophecies, scientific reports have hitherto depicted the Emerillon of French Guiana as cultureless and doomed to disappear. With this film, an anthropologist proposes to defy these negative images, delving into their world with a lucid description of the...
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directed by Perle Møhl, fl. 2007 (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute, 2007), 1 hour 18 mins
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Like self-fulfilling prophecies, scientific reports have hitherto depicted the Emerillon of French Guiana as cultureless and doomed to disappear. With this film, an anthropologist proposes to defy these negative images, delving into their world with a lucid description of the down-to-earth and intersubjective conditions of anthropological fieldwork and knowledge-creation. Several Emerillon take up her proposi...
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Like self-fulfilling prophecies, scientific reports have hitherto depicted the Emerillon of French Guiana as cultureless and doomed to disappear. With this film, an anthropologist proposes to defy these negative images, delving into their world with a lucid description of the down-to-earth and intersubjective conditions of anthropological fieldwork and knowledge-creation. Several Emerillon take up her proposition, and through their resourceful and often stumbling efforts to maintain a life in the forest while profiting from their French citizenship, they present another version of what being Emerillon is all about.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
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Contributor
Perle Møhl, fl. 2007
Author / Creator
Perle Møhl, fl. 2007
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
Royal Anthropological Institute
Topic / Theme
Revitalization and ethnogenesis, Tribal and national groups, Cultural identity, Cultural adaptation, Emerillon
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2007 by Royal Anthropological Institute
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