Island of the Red Prawns

Duration: :53

Genre: Documentary | Ethnographic

Year Published: 1977

Creator: William Geddes

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Documents the culture of one of the Fiji Islands by recording the traditional wedding of the children of two important chieftains. Intersperses scenes of the wedding preparations and ceremony with scenes of many local customs, such as the making of tapa cloth; planting, growing, and harvesting food; fishing methods; and walking over burning coals. Visits the sacred site of rare red prawns and recounts the legend of the red prawns during the wedding feast., Documents the culture of one of the Fiji Islands by recording the traditional wedding of the children of two important chieftains. Intersperses scenes of the wedding preparations and ceremony with scenes of many local customs, such as the making of tapa cloth; planting, growing, and harvesting food; fishing methods; and walking over burning coals. Visits the sacred site of rare red prawns and recounts the legend of the red prawns during the wedding feast.

Complete Record: Documents the culture of one of the Fiji Islands by recording the traditional wedding of the children of two important chieftains. Intersperses scenes of the wedding preparations and ceremony with scenes of many local customs, such as the making of tapa cloth; planting, growing, and harvesting food; fishing methods; and walking over burning coals. Visits the sacred site of rare red prawns and recounts the legend of the red prawns during the wedding feast., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.