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Title Sons of the moon / by Deirdre LaPin and Francis Speed
Published London : Royal Anthropological Institute, 1984

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Description 1 online resource (24 min.)
Series Ethnographic video online ; volume 1
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 This edition in English
Subject Angas (African people) -- Agriculture
Angas (African people) -- Rites and ceremonies
War -- Religious aspects.
SUBJECT Moon -- Folklore
Moon -- Religious aspects. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85087139
Subject Moon.
Genre/Form Folklore.
Nonfiction films.
Nonfiction films.
Films autres que de fiction.
Form Streaming video
Author Aveni, Anthony F
LaPin, Deirdre Ann, 1946-
Speed, Francis