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Item no. : PS07860114 Format : DVD Duration : 50 minutes Price : USD 253.00 DEMIRCIHUYUK DEMIRCIHUYUK Details the excavation of this Early Bronze Age settlement, located on the Anatolian Plateau (Turkey), by the German Archaeological Institute. The excavation methodology is shown: setting up a grid system (shown on-site and as a model), removing and cleaning artifacts, and examining and partially analyzing plant and animal remains. Current life in a neighboring village is examined and compared to life in prehistoric times. Item no. : VY07860115 Format : DVD Duration : 35 minutes Price : USD 245.00 DISAPPEARING DISAPPEARING WORLD: WORLD: EMBERA: EMBERA: THE THE END END OF OF TTHE T HE ROAD ROAD ROAD Four centuries ago, the Spaniards sought gold in Colombia, tried to enslave the Embera Indians, and massacred them when they resisted. Today the remaining Embera have been pushed to the headwaters of a remote jungle river where, in the face of further pressure, they have nowhere else to go. Item no. : JG07860125 Format : DVD Duration : 51 minutes Price : USD 149.00 DISAPPEARING DISAPPEARING WORLD: WORLD: INSIDE INSIDE INSIDE CHINA: CHINA: LIVING LIVING WITH WITH THE THE REVOLUTION REVOLUTION REVOLUTION Uses firsthand accounts to create a unique portrait of life in China, which is home to a quarter of the world's population. Shows the effects on two families, the Dings and the Zhus, who live near Wuxi in southwest China, of the social and political changes taking place in their country. Item no. : KG07860126 Format : DVD Duration : 52 minutes Price : USD 149.00 DISAPPEARING DISAPPEARING WORLD: WORLD: THE THE ESKIMOS ESKIMOS OF OF POND POND INLET INLET INLET - DISAPPEARING DISAPPEARING WORLD WORLD The Inuits (Eskimos) of Pond Inlet, a new village built by the Canadian government on Baffin Island, talk about their lives, their land, and the changes forced upon them by the encroaching culture of the "powerful and frightening" whites, who hire them as laborers and place their children in government schools. Item no. : SA07860130 Format : DVD Duration : 52 minutes Price : USD 149.00 DISAPPEARING DISAPPEARING WORLD: WORLD: THE THE KAWELKA: KAWELKA: ONGKA'S ONGKA'S BIG BIG MOKA MOKA MOKA In Papua New Guinea, status is earned by giving things away rather than by acquiring them. This program explores the moka, a ceremony in which people, sometimes whole tribes, give gifts to members of other tribes. The larger the gift, the greater the victory over the recipient. Item no. : AN07860131 Format : DVD Duration : 52 minutes Price : USD 149.00 EVIL EVIL WIND, WIND, EVIL EVIL AIR AIR Explores the origins and symptoms of the folk illness, mal aire, a serious malady that frequently afflicts children living in the Ecuadorian Andes. Mothers and folk healers describe and demonstrate a number of protective strategies and rituals that "clean" the body, ridding it of the evil force. This tape provides insight into the principles underlying Andean ethnomedical beliefs. Item no. : EB07860151 Format : DVD Duration : 22 minutes Price : USD 200.00 FLOATING FLOATING IN IN THE THE AIR AIR FOLLOWED FOLLOWED BY BY WIND WIND This film documents a Hindu religious festival called Thaipusam, which is celebrated each year near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It notes that, weeks before, devotees gather to prepare themselves spiritually and to construct the Kavadis, or highly decorated shoulder poles, which they will carry at the festival to fulfill their vows. The film also shows groups of worshippers who offer the sacrifice of piercing their bodies with long needles and hooks and are led by a guru skilled in inducing trance states brought on by rhythmic music, dance and expectation which prevent worshippers from feeling pain. It describes the trance as a state of grace, very pleasurable, "like floating in the air, followed by the wind." Item no. : LS07860174 Format : DVD Duration : 38 minutes Price : USD 149.00 GEOLOGY GEOLOGY OF OF SOUTHERN SOUTHERN AFRICA, AFRICA, AFRICA, THE THE An overview of the principal tectonic units and the geologic development of the southern third of Africa, starting with the oldest rocks so far discovered, which date back 3.8 billion years. Highlights include the Barbeton Mountainland, the Witwatersrand, Transvaal and Great Karroo Basins, the Limpopo Mobile Belt, the Great Dike of Zimbabwe, and the Bushveld Igneous Complex. Item no. : WR07860179 Format : DVD Duration : 32 minutes Price : USD 230.00 GRIOTTES GRIOTTES OF OF THE THE SAHE SAHEL: SAHE L: FEMALE FEMALE KEEPERS KEEPERS OF OF TH THE TH E SONGHAY SONGHAY ORAL ORAL ORAL TRADITION TRADITION IN IN NIGER NIGER NIGER Documents the role of griottes as keepers of the oral tradition in the Sahel region of West Africa. Explains that these women appear at installations of chiefs, weddings, and naming ceremonies to chant the praises of the participants, reminding audiences of society's ties to the past and offering individuals guidance for the future. Interviews with Songhay griottes in Niger provide insights into their training, activities, and rewards. Item no. : NN07860188 Format : DVD Duration : 12 minutes Price : USD 160.00 HANUNOO HANUNOO HANUNOO Documents daily life of the Hanunoo, a group of mountain jungle farmers on the island of Mindoro, Philippines, including food production methods and household, leisure, and socioreligious activities. Item no. : YH07860189 Format : DVD Duration : 17 minutes Price : USD 145.00 JEWELRY JEWELRY JEWELRY THROUGH THROUGH 7,00 7,000 7,00 0 YEARS YEARS YEARS Traces humankind's need for adornment and the great technical skills involved in jewelry making from prehistoric times to the present. Presents some remarkable examples of jewelry of historical interest, along with prime examples of the jeweler's craft. Item no. : NH07860215 Format : DVD Duration : 25 minutes Price : USD 215.00 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Learning Rendezvous Limited Email: inquiry@learningemall.com Websites: http://www.learningemall.com & http://www.learningemall.com.hk 11
KATHPUTLI: KATHPUTLI: THE THE THE ART ART OOF O OF F RAJASTHANI RAJASTHANI PUPPETEER PUPPETEERS PUPPETEER PUPPETEER Explores the unique and colorful world of kathputli puppet theater as it is maintained and performed by itinerant families in Rajasthani, India. Puppeteers demonstrate the construction and manipulation of the wood-and-string creations used in this ancient art form. Includes a performance of the legend of the Rajput chief Amar Singh Rathor. Item no. : GE07860217 Format : DVD Duration : 28 minutes Price : USD 195.00 KOREAN KOREAN ONGGI ONGGI POTTER POTTER, POTTER , THE THE Although onggi pots and jars have been used for centuries by Koreans for the storage of foodstuffs, such as the national delicacy kim-chi, the creators of this handmade pottery have worked at their craft in relative obscurity. Archival photographs and historical film footage provide a detailed look at the unique skills and construction techniques of these artisans. Item no. : MD07860219 Format : DVD Duration : 24 minutes Price : USD 155.00 LARGE LARGE DAMS, DAMS, SMALL SMALL PEOPLE: PEOPLE: MANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT OOF O F AN AN AFRICAN AFRICAN RIVER RIVER As on many rivers in the tropical developing world, dam constructions on the Senegal--or rather, conventional dam management strategies, threaten not only the riverine environment but also human rights and economic productivity of hundreds of thousands of people, whose livelihoods depend on the annual flooding of the plain. Item no. : RT07860221 Format : DVD Duration : 29 minutes Price : USD 155.00 MALNUTRITION MALNUTRITION IN IN A A TH THIRD TH IRD WORLD WORLD COMMUNITY COMMUNITY Designed to give students and professionals who have not had extensive Third World experience a clearer idea of the ecology of malnutrition. Shot in a rural Philippines community, the film covers infant-feeding practices and shows the difficulties a family faces due to poverty, limited home production of food, and inadequate supplies of pure water. Item no. : EH07860237 Format : DVD Duration : 26 minutes Price : USD 245.00 MICROCULTURAL MICROCULTURAL MICROCULTURAL INCIDENTS INCIDENTS IN IN TEN TEN ZOO ZOOS ZOO A program based on a lecture by R.L. Birdwhistell to the American Anthropological Association, demonstrating the context control method for comparative analysis of cross-cultural situations. Short film excerpts illustrate the interaction of members of families with each other and with animals in zoos in England, France, Italy, Hong Kong, India, Japan, and the United States. An epilogue illustrates observer and, particularly, cameraman biases in recording interactional data. Item no. : TV07860270 Format : DVD Duration : 34 minutes Price : USD 215.00 NDANDO NDANDO YAWUSIWANA YAWUSIWANA (SONG (SONG OF OF SADNESS) SADNESS) Song (ndando) functions in a wide variety of ways for the Chopi of Mozambique. In this performance by Chopi composer Venancio Mbande, the ballad-like text alludes poetically to an event in his family history in which his sister is accidentally and brutally murdered. As the narration presents the underlying events that led up to this tragedy, some sense of the relationship between performance of song and the larger social world of the Chopi can be gained. Also see The Chopi Timbila Dance (40354). Item no. : AS07860280 Format : DVD Duration : 18 minutes Price : USD 195.00 NOMADS NOMADS ON ON THE THE SAVANN SAVANNA SAVANN Ethnographic study of the Hawazma Baggara, cattle pastoralists in the Sudan, during the rainy season. Shows a variety of activities: building houses and sun shelters, milking and marketing, animal husbandry, political meetings, feasts, and afternoon socializing. Item no. : WH07860281 Format : DVD Duration : 30 minutes Price : USD 155.00 OLD OLD CAMP CAMP SITES SITES AT AT TI TIKA TI KA TIKA TIKA TIKA ----- Item no. : SZ07860283 Format : DVD Duration : 11 minutes Price : USD 160.00 PEASANT PEASANT ECOLOGY ECOLOGY ECOLOGY IN IN IN TTHE T HE RURAL RURAL PHILIPPINES PHILIPPINES PHILIPPINES Examines the ecology of the rural Philippines, describing the physical environment, housing, and the complexity of relationships among cultural patterns. Looks at the limited technology of village industries and at food production, including wet rice,vegetable, and fruit cultivation. Notes the effect of poor diets on the health and growth of children. Item no. : BC07860293 Format : DVD Duration : 26 minutes Price : USD 260.00 PYATACHOK PYATACHOK In the 1920s, Russian peasants from the countryside began migrating to Moscow in search of employment. Seeking diversion from their hard labor, they borrowed from earlier years the concept of pyatachok, the place where rural young people held Sunday dances, and transformed it into a common event in the capital's principal parks. These migrants tell how pyatachok helped them preserve a sense of community in the city. Item no. : BT07860305 Format : DVD Duration : 58 minutes Price : USD 255.00 SIGNS SIGNS SIGNS OF OF THE THE TIMES TIMES Overview of the austere and ultraconservative Old-School Baptists who once thrived in Roxbury, New York, but who have virtually disappeared. Interviews with people who grew up in the Roxbury church, the town historian, a denomination librarian, a minister, and university and seminary professors create a portrait of Old-School Baptist philosophy, rites, music, and architecture. Evokes a time when life was simpler and religious life was the basis of a deep sense of community. Item no. : GU07860361 Format : DVD Duration : 28 minutes Price : USD 210.00 SONGS SONGS OF OF THE THE BADIUS BADIUS BADIUS Considers the music of Africa's Kriolu people, descendants of Portugese colonists and African slaves. Explains that on the Kriolus' home of Santiago Island in Cape Verde, the dance music of Tabanka, Funana, and Batuko still persists from earlier times, and was developed through the creolization of African and European music genres. Also focuses on the Badiu, runaway slaves who defended their freedom on Santiago Island, and describes the difficult living conditions there brought on by persistent drought and a weak local economy. Item no. : LS07860372 Format : DVD ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Learning Rendezvous Limited Email: inquiry@learningemall.com Websites: http://www.learningemall.com & http://www.learningemall.com.hk 12
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