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Morokapel’s Feast
Film
Title of the film
Original title:
Morokapel’s Feast
English title:
Morokapel’s Feast
Hungarian title:
Morokapel ünnepe
Production and shooting info
Year of production:
2007
Year of shooting:
2007
Length of the film:
26 min
Colouring:
colour
Recording format:
DV
Original language:
kara
Description of the content
This film tells the story of a hunt and its repercussions in the land of the Kara, Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia. Morokapel, a young man from the village Chellehte, has succeeded in killing a leopard, which had been attacking the livestock, with a self-made trap. He hands over the magnificent leopard skin to his mother-brother Samo in the village Labuk, who then holds a hunting ritual for him, a mirt, which endows Morokapel with fame and a new status. The film-makers follow Morokapel and his companions during these festivities, which take a surprising turn the morning after the ceremony: A discussion takes place in which Morokapel’s supporters try to deny Samo the right to the valuable trophy through the bending and the re-interpretation of ritual rules. Through this, the film illustrates how even traditional rituals, seemingly very static elements of social life, can be manipulated for the economic and tactical interests of individuals. Pointing out these cultural ambiguities, the filmmakers try to deal with the ethnographic encounter in a both reflexive and transparent way.
Credits
Made by:
Steffen Köhn
Expert:
Felix Girke
Company / Institution
Ethnicity and locality
Etnic group:
Kara
Continent:
East Africa
Country:
Ethiopia - et
Tipology
Type:
non-fiction film
Form:
documentary film
Related sciences
Social science:
cultural anthropology
Keyword:
tradition
craft, trade
way of living
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