Kama Wosi
Trobriand islanders' life and events are rhythmed by music, song, dance and poetry, from childhood to death, and beyond in their paradise. (XNB/Black Roses)
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"Australian documentary directed by Les McLaren, edited by Gary Kildea (Trobriand Cricket) and narrated by the Papua New Guinean radio broadcaster of Tongan origin Roger Hauofa, with notably assistance of Australian Film Commission and Papua New Guinea Cultural Council, about the traditional music in the Trobriand Islands, "where sea, sky and land meet the world of spirits and this of men". As there "social activities are organized around the annual gardening cycle", guided by the stars Kibi (Aquila) and Uluwa (Pleiades), we follow, like in the later documentary Strangers A..."
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Publicity for this documentary states that "Trobriand musical instruments seen in the film include conch shells, a panpipe, a version of the Western recorder (called [a] Pigolela), children's leaf whistles, and a flute made from the stem of the pawpaw tree, used by young people for calling a lover."
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Trobriand islanders' life and events are rhythmed by music, song, dance and poetry, from childhood to death, and beyond in their paradise. (XNB/Black Roses)