Bridewealth for a Goddess

Duration: 72 min
Release date: 2000-01-01
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The film documents the last performance of the ritual for the fertility goddess Amb Kor, in the Western Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea. Shot over a period of approximately 15 years, the anthropologists and filmmakers have been participant-observers during a time of pivotal change for the clans of the Kavelka tribal group.

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Bridewealth for a Goddess

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