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Kau Faito'o

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Kau Faito'o

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Secondary Title: : Traditional Healers of Tonga
Filmmaker Name: Melinda Ostraff
Film Length: 27 min
Film Year: 2001
Duration: 21-45 min
Decade: 2000s
Color: color
Closed-captioned: closed-captioned
Region: Oceania
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This is a documentary which not only shows the ancient traditional art form of healing, but also tries to capture the essence of being a traditional healer in an ever-changing environment. Traditional healers are shown collecting, preparing and administering herbal remedies that they have passed down from one generation to the next. 

Healers discuss where, why and how they gained their knowledge and why they choose to carry on age-old customs and practices despite the fact that Tonga is becoming a nation increasingly dependent on western medicine. Tonga's traditional healers are adapting to niches such as prenatal care and physical therapy. 

Interspersed throughout the film are beautiful scenes of water, agriculture, rainforest and people, all of which comprise current island life in the Kingdom of Tonga.

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