Primitive Peoples: The Corroboree (1950)
1950 · Short film · 10 min
Synopsis
The Mewite tribe of Australian aborigines conducts a funeral (corroboree) on which the dead are wrapped in bark and laid on a high platform, then the bones are placed on a totem pole. Ritual and native music are used by the tribe to placate the spirits
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Details
- Running time
- 10 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Educational Films, Ephemeral Films
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Aboriginal Australians