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Melon Tossing Game
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Secondary Title:
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(N!owa T'ama)
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Filmmaker Name:
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John Marshall
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Film Length:
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15 min
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Film Year:
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1970
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Duration:
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0-20 min
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Decade:
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1970s
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Collection:
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!Kung
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Color:
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color
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Region:
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Africa
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Women from three separate Ju/'hoan bands have gathered at a mangetti grove at !O to play an intense game in which undertones of social and personal tensions become apparent. The game itself is simple: women form a semi-circle which moves counter-clockwise as each woman, in turn, runs to the center of the circle where she dances several steps and tosses the melon to the next woman at the proper moment in the song. Men intrude and dance spectacularly and an old woman, N/aoka, goes into a trance-like state. The game begins to disintegrate when N!ai, the wife of the male dancer /Gunda, taunts and teases N/aoka.
This film is available as part of the !Kung Short Films 2- disk set. This collection combines fourteen of Marshall's short !Kung films onto two remastered/re-authored DVDs, complete with a full-color booklet containing photos, writings, and additional information about the series.
Other films in the !Kung Collection.
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