Becoming a man among the Borana.

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Paris, France : ZED, 2006.
Description:	1 online resource (51 min.).
Language:	English
Series:	Ethnographic video online, volume 2 Becoming a man
Subject:	Boran (African people) Coming of age -- Ethiopia. Men -- Ethiopia. Initiation rites -- Ethiopia. Nonfiction films.
Format:	E-Resource Video Streaming Video
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10315696

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Other authors / contributors:	Vairé, Xavier. Banday, Paul.
Notes:	Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 27, 2013). Previously released as DVD. This edition in English and an undetermined language with English subtitles.
Summary:	In the heart of Ethiopia, 12 year-old Wario belongs to the Borana tribe. It is time for Wario to learn the difficult trade of salt labor, in order to become a full-grown Borana with adult responsibilities. He will first follow his father to the "mouth of the devil", a volcano in which men risk their lives to extract salt. He will then journey to the singing wells, where men form a 30 ft chain to fetch water as they sing. With the camels packed with salt and water, father and son will embark on the salt route, a long and perilous journey across the desert.

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