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Sons of the moon / by Deirdre LaPin and Francis Speed.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Angas (African people)--Agriculture.
- Angas (African people).
- Angas (African people)--Rites and ceremonies.
- Moon--Folklore.
- Moon.
- Moon--Religious aspects.
- Genre:
- Nonfiction films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (24 min.).
- Place of Publication:
- London : Royal Anthropological Institute, 1984.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Original language in English.
- Summary:
- In isolated mountain hamlets in Nigeria's Jos Plateau the Ngas have traditionally observed the movements of the moon in the night sky. The moon is a key symbol in Ngas cosmology, believed to regulate the rhythm of all life. The film traces the moon's influence on Ngas work and thought during a single growing season. The documentary tells the story form the point of view of a single traditional Ngas bard.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed March 29, 2016).
- Recorded Nigeria 0000.
- OCLC:
- 849667233
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