Disappearing world. The Lau of Malaita

Documentary about the safe and disease-free life the Lau Indians have established on the South Pacific Islands.

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"Lau of the Solomon Islands"@en
"Lau of Malaita"@en
"Lau of the Solomon Islands : the Lau of Malaita"

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"Documentary about the safe and disease-free life the Lau Indians have established on the South Pacific Islands."@en
"Six hundred years ago the people of the Lau Lagoon began building villages on artificial islands in the sea. This program is the story of one of these villages, Foueda. Looks at the challenge the islanders are facing from the modern world, which is threatening their "life of custom.""@en
"Looks at the story of one of these villages of the Lau lagoon, Foueda, and the challenge these islanders are facing from the modern world, which is threatening their "life of custom". One of the major threats is shown to be the introduction of Christianity, however attempts are being made by some islanders to restore their rapidly fading culture and customs."@en
"This film focuses on the people of Lau lagoon in the Solomon Islands, people who live on artificial islands near the island of Malaita. These islands are built of coral rubble and the people moved to them in an attempt to escape the dangers of malaria and enemies, and to find better fishing. The concept of 'custom' is vital to the islanders' identity, yet this is being eroded, particularly by Christian missionaries. The conflict between Christian and Pagan now pervades daliy life, creating divisions in families and eroding knowledge of traditional life."@en
"The Lau live on a remote lagoon to the north of the island of Malaita in the Solomon Islands. Their society is in a state of crisis because it is divided into three groups- Christians, pagans, and one which has decided to turn its culture into a museum."
"Depicts the Lau of Malaita in the Solomon Islands, who live close to the sea in lagoons."@en
"The Lau have established an extraordinary way of life on their man-made coral islands with abundant food and no need for money. However, their "life of custom" is threatened by the spread of Christianity and ideas from the outside world."@en
"The Lau have established an extraordinary way of life on and around their home island of Malaita, which is part of the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific. For hundreds of years, they have been safe from enemies and disease. Now, their "life of custom" is threatened by the spread of Christianity and ideas from the outside world."@en
"Looks at the way of life of the Lau people who live on artificial islands in a remote lagoon north of Malaita in the Solomon Islands. Documents the social upheaval resulting from the threat to traditional religion and customs presented by modernism and conversion, factors that have divided this society into three major groups vying for control: pagans, Christians; and secular traditionalists, who would preserve the past by creating, in effect, a cultural museum."
""Documentary about the safe and disease-free life the Lau Indians have established on the South Pacific Islands""
"Six hundred years ago the people of the Lau Lagoon began building villages on artificial islands in the sea. This program is the story of one of these villages, Foueda. Looks at the challenge the islanders are facing from the modern world, which is threatening their "life of custom". One of the major threats is shown to be the introduction of Christianity. However attempts are being made by some islanders to restore their rapidly fading culture and customs."@en
"Pierre Miranda and a team from Granada Television have made a fine film exploring the troubled realities of the people of the lagoon in the 1980s. This film focuses on the people of Lau lagoon in the Solomon Islands who live on artificial islands near the island of Malaita. These islands are built of coral rubble and the people moved to them in an attempt to escape the dangers of malaria and enemies, and to find better fishing. The film focuses on change and conflict. The concept of 'custom' is vital to the islanders' identity, yet this is being eroded, particularly by Christian missionaries. The conflict between Christian and Pagan now pervades daily life, creating divisions in families and eroding knowledge of traditional life. Two `custom' priests recently committed ritual suicide, one by swimming under a canoe containing women and the other by deliberately making a mistake in a ceremony. Within weeks, both priests physically died. The despair in the ability of `custom' to continue that these priests must have felt is presented visually throughout the film. Few of the islanders remember more than a fraction of the hundreds of traditional spirits and the young are turning more and more to the traditions and commodities of Western culture. That this theme is a common one makes it no less powerful or relevant. Spurred by the presence of the Disappearing World camera crew, the islanders built a house in which to store their traditional and ritual objects. A commendable act of preservation on the part of the islanders, but at the same time the implications of their act are saddening. They are taking their ritual things out of the sphere of living, daily tradition and placing them in the realm of objective history. The Lau is recommended for courses in anthropology, sociology, development, culture change, Melanesia, religion, and ecology."
"Visits the Lau people of the Solomon Islands. Their society is in a state of crisis because it is divided into three major groups - one Christian, one pagan and one which has decided to turn its culture into, in effect, a museum."@en
"Documentaire. Le peuple Lau des Iles Salomon ont établi une extraordinaire manière de vivre sur l'Île de Malaita dans le Pacifique Sud. Depuis des centaines d'années, ils se sont tenus éloignés des conquêtes ennemies et des maladies des autres peuples. À première vue, leur mode de vie semble idyllique, avec l'abondance de nourriture, la santé, l'éloignement des préoccupations matérialistes. Mais le récent contact avec des gens venant d'autres régions, ainsi que le contact avec le christianisme, ce peuple rentre progressivement dans un processus d'acculturation où les traditions se perdent, les sages mourant sans relève pour transmettre les coutumes."