Spear and Sword: a Ceremonial Payment of Bridewealth
(2014, original release: 1989)
Nonfiction
eVideo
Details
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 25 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
ISBN/ISSN
1115985
LANGUAGE
Indonesian
NOTES
Title from title frames
This traditionally ethnographic sequence film focuses on the negotiations betwen representatives of two families during a payment of bridewealth. In the past the husband's group would carry a spear and a sword to hang in the wife's house. Now, a payment is made as a substitute for the spear and sword
Originally produced by Documentary Educational Resources in 1989
Mode of access: World Wide Web
In Indonesian, Subtitles in English