Guardians of the flutes

Discusses the Sambia people, a war-like tribe in the mountains of New guinea.

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"Secrets of male initiation"@en
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"Discusses the Sambia people, a war-like tribe in the mountains of New guinea."@en
"Documentaire ethnologique sur la tribu guerrière Sambia, peuple de Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée, vivant dans les montagnes. C'est une société où les rôles des hommes et des femmes, qui vivent séparés, sont très délimités. Les rituels secrets d'initiation des jeunes garçons visent à les rendre courageux et braves aux combats. Ce sont des rituels de passage au monde adulte très difficiles à vivre : privation de nourriture et de sommeil, violence physique, séparation de leur mère, etc."
"Documentaire ethnologique sur la tribu guerrière Sambia, peuple de Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée, vivant dans les montagnes. C'est une société où les rôles des hommes et des femmes, qui vivent séparés, sont très délimités. Les rituels secrets d'initiation des jeunes garçons visent à les rendre courageux et braves aux combats. Ce sont des rituels de passage au monde adulte très difficiles à vivre: privation de nourriture et de sommeil, violence physique, séparation de leur mère, etc."
""High in the mountains of New Guinea live the Sambia people, a war- like tribe whose secret rituals of initiation are aimed at making their warriors courageous and bold. Only because their culture is threatened have they allowed these initiation rites to be documented on film. This is a society where the roles of men and women are sharply delineated. They live in separate spaces in their round huts. A woman must crouch if she is in the same space as her husband. Her menstrual blood is considered a pollutant, damaging to her husband's vigor. Male children live with their mothers until they are old enough to move to the boys' house. For many, the separation from their mother is very painful. When it is time for the boys to become men, they undergo a severe initiation. Each is assigned an older guardian who accompanies him during this process. They are thrashed, deprived of food and sleep and have ginger root rubbed into their wounds, which is very painful. The most secret part of the initiation are the sexual rites, which are described by several initiates."--Container."
"In the mountains of New Guinea live the Sambia people, a war-like tribe whose secret rituals of initiation are aimed at making their warriors courageous and bold. This is a society where roles of men and women are sharply delineated. The male children must undergo a severe initiation in order to become men including thrashing, food and sleep deprivation, and sexual rites."@en