Maasai : a warrior's rite of passage
- Publication/Creation:
- Hamilton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, [2008]
- Resource Type:
- Video or Visual Material
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Additional/Related Title Information
- Full Title:
- Maasai : a warrior's rite of passage / Picture Prime in association with The Endangered People Foundation and the Shampole Maasai ; written, produced, directed and edited by Brad Minnich
- Variant Titles:
- Warrior's rite of passage
Related Names
- Additional Author/Creators:
- Minnich, Brad
Picture Prime (Firm)
Engandered People Foundation
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Subjects/Genre
- Genre:
- Ethnographic films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired - Subjects:
- Maasai (African people)--Rites and ceremonies
Maasai (African people)--Social life and customs
Initiation rites--Kenya
Description/Summary
- Summary:
- This program examines the ancient tribal initiation of the Maasai warrior. Documents the process by which Maasai boys and young men in Kenya¿s Shampole region come of age. Viewers will learn about the ceremonial duties of various tribal members¿including the leader of the initiates and a prominent Maasai woman, both of whom describe the rewards of participation. As hundreds of Maasai converge on the manyatta, or village, the program shows warriors suffocating a sacrificial bull, drinking its blood directly from a neck incision, butchering the animal, and cooking and eating its flesh. Traditional dances, singing, and foraging are also depicted.
- Language:
- English
Maasai - Language Note:
- In English with some dialogue in Maasai with English subtitles ; closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
- Physical Type/Description:
- 1 videodisc (41 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Technical Note:
- DVD-R.
- General Note:
- This disc is a DVD-R and may fail to play on some equipment.
- Participant/Performer Note:
- Narrator, Kiesha McCrory ; with: Ole Sankale, Mother Ntiiti, Moloke.
- Creation/Production Credits Note:
- Camera, Alan Smith.
Additional Identifiers
- Catalog ID (MMSID):
- 990022967520302486
- OCLC Number:
- 310193603
- Publisher Number:
- 39758 Films for the Humanities & Sciences
39758-KS Films for the Humanities & Sciences - Barcode:
- 010002397364
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