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Title Becoming a man among the Borana
Published Paris, France : ZED, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (51 min.)
Series Becoming a man
Ethnographic video online ; volume 2
Summary In the heart of Ethiopia, 12 year-old Wario belongs to the Borana tribe. It is time for Wario to learn the difficult trade of salt labor, in order to become a full-grown Borana with adult responsibilities. He will first follow his father to the "mouth of the devil", a volcano in which men risk their lives to extract salt. He will then journey to the singing wells, where men form a 30 ft chain to fetch water as they sing. With the camels packed with salt and water, father and son will embark on the salt route, a long and perilous journey across the desert
Notes Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 27, 2013)
This edition in English and an undetermined language with English subtitles
Subject Boran (African people)
Coming of age -- Ethiopia
Men -- Ethiopia
Initiation rites -- Ethiopia
Boran (African people)
Coming of age.
Initiation rites.
Men.
Ethiopia.
Genre/Form Nonfiction films.
Nonfiction films.
Films autres que de fiction.
Form Streaming video
Author Vairé, Xavier, producer
Banday, Paul, narrator