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Rituals (natural history). 4, Initiation / produced & directed by Simon Bell ; a BBC Open University partnership ; BBC Studios, the Natural History Unit.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rites and ceremonies.
- Initiation rites.
- Initiation rites--Religious aspects--India.
- Jainism--Rituals.
- Jainism.
- Initiation rites--Papua New Guinea.
- Wrestling--Senegal.
- Wrestling.
- Military education--Taiwan.
- Military education.
- Genre:
- Documentary television programs.
- Nonfiction television programs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (50 minutes)
- Other Title:
- Initiation
- Place of Publication:
- London, England : BBC Worldwide, 2018.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- Initiation rituals are spectacular, with the power to change who you are. In Papua New Guinea, boys endure brutal skin cutting to become men. In India, a girl gives up her family and has all her hair plucked out in her initiation as a Jain nun. In Senegal, a wrestler hopes ancient rituals will bring success as he tries to enter the sport's big league. And in Taiwan, recruits must complete ten gruelling exercises over rocks in the 'Road to Heaven', the final ritual to join the military elite.
- Participant:
- Narrated by Matthew Gravelle.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed November 06, 2019).
- OCLC:
- 1130729827
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