The Makishi masquerade.

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Paris, France : ZED, 2006.
Description:	1 online resource (65 min.).
Language:	English
Series:	Living cultures Ethnographic video online, volume 2
Subject:	Coming of age -- Zambia. Intitiation rites -- Zambia. Festivals -- Zambia. Zambia -- Rites and ceremonies. Nonfiction films.
Format:	E-Resource Video Streaming Video
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10315766

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Other authors / contributors:	Ségur, Jérôme.
Notes:	Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 27, 2013). Previously released as DVD. This edition in English.
Summary:	Every April, in Zambia, the Makishi demons come to take away young boys. This event celebrates the beginning of the initiation from adolescence to manhood. In the village of Kashushu, this Mukanda ceremony is 500 years old and has been passed down orally for generations. Patrick, the main organizer this year, has to raise money for costumes, food and for the 4 months of initiation. But the celebration is so expensive that Patrick struggles to meet both ends. He fears for the future of the Mukanda, and without the help of an organization like UNESCO, it will certainly disappear.

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