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Shorts RAI Film Festival 2021. Okinami
Title
Shorts RAI Film Festival 2021. Okinami / a film by John Wells.
Publication
London, England : Royal Anthropological Institute, 2019.
Physical Description
1 online resource (25 minutes)
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Title from resource description page (viewed June 22, 2023).
In Japanese.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
This film features a Japanese seaside ritual performed in honour of a marine deity, who is considered to hold the power to determine a safe and successful year of local fishing. This two-day event involves the carrying of large lantern floats by hundreds of people. Due to the ageing Okinami population, the settlement depends on outside volunteers to support the tradition. The film explores how social memory in Okinami is maintained and how a community is redefined through the combined and strenuous efforts - locals and outsiders - in ritual performance.
Variant and related titles
Okinami
ASP-AVON. OCLC KB.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
Japanese
Added to Catalog
July 31, 2023
Subjects
Genre/Form
Documentary films.
Ethnographic films.
Short films.
Also listed under
Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, publisher, film distributor.
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