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Title Dani Houses / by Karl Heider.

Publication Info. [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2014.

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Description 1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 16 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
digital
video file MPEG-4 Flash
Note Title from title frames.
Event Originally produced by Documentary Educational Resources in 1974.
Summary Dani Sweet Potatoes (19 min) follows the sophisticated process of sweet potato horticulture developed by the Dani. It follows the Dani sweet potato cycle from clearing off the old brush and weeds from a fallow field to planting, harvesting, cooking and eating. Dani Houses (16 min) observes both round and square house construction techniques of the Grand Valley Dani. It shows how the ground is cleared, walls are made from boards, poles lashed together, and roofs being thatched.
System Details Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subject Dani.
Housebuilding.
Cultural change and history.
Tools.
Food crops.
Cultural participation.
Rural population.
Agriculture.
Tribal and national groups.
Added Author Heider, Karl G., producer, author, film director, narrator.
Kanopy (Firm)
In: Watertown, MA : Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1974
Music No. 1109521 Kanopy