Mangayaw

Ritual of heads chasing

Reference

873

Duration

00:39:00

Production year

1991

Versions

Original material

SD
4/3
Color
Sound

Director(s)

Josiane CAUQUELIN

Summary

Every year in December, in the village of Puyuma located in Taiwan, the Mangayaw ritual is celebrated. The ceremonial cycle asserts the socio-cosmical unity thanks to the participation of every inhabitant, and it concentrates the tidying rituals of the whole society.

Scientific topics

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