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Sorio : Rendille ceremony.

Title
Sorio : Rendille ceremony.
Publication
Nairobi, Kenya : National Museums of Kenya, c2011.

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Additional Authors
  • Munga, John
  • Ciano, Breda
  • National Museums of Kenya.
Description
1 videodisc (19 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
The Rendille have a diversified culture which hosts a great deal of cultural occasions among them being the Sorio or feast of the new moon. The Sorio celebration in the Rendille community is performed at the sighting of the new moon and is marked by various activities such as goat slaughtering and some as dangerous as hippo hunting among other activities.
Subject
  • Rendille (African people)
  • Rendille (African people) > Rites and ceremonies
  • Fasts and feasts > Kenya
Genre/Form
  • Documentary films.
  • Short films.
  • Nonfiction films.
Note
  • Narrator, Sam Madoka.
  • Copyright date on screen is 2009; copyright date on container and disc label is 2011.
  • Summary from videodisc container.
  • Source used: videodisc container.
Credits (note)
  • Director-producer-sound, John Munga ; script, Breda Ciano ' photography, Bernice Macharia ; camera, editor, assistant producer ; Geoffrey Ngumbi ; executive producer, Idle Farah ; National Museums of Kenya
Language (note)
  • English with some Swahili.
Call Number
Sc DVD-245
LCCN
2011342719
OCLC
742920891
Title
Sorio : Rendille ceremony.
Imprint
Nairobi, Kenya : National Museums of Kenya, c2011.
Country of Producing Entity
Kenya.
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
video
Type of Carrier
videodisc
Digital File Characteristics
videofile DVD
Credits
Director-producer-sound, John Munga ; script, Breda Ciano ' photography, Bernice Macharia ; camera, editor, assistant producer ; Geoffrey Ngumbi ; executive producer, Idle Farah ; National Museums of Kenya
Language
English with some Swahili.
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Added Author
Munga, John, direction, film producer.
Ciano, Breda, screenwriter.
National Museums of Kenya.
Research Call Number
Sc DVD-245
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