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Bridewealth for a Goddess
2000
72
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Directed by
Chris Owen
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A unique insight into a secret spirit cult among the Kawelka people in the Western Highlands of Papua New Guinea. After a dream, a clan leader initiates a long and complex ‘work’, when he and a group of male supporters seek to make marriage with the spirit goddess Amb Kor.
Melanesia
Ritual
Marriage
Possession