The Spirit World of Tidikawa

1972

51m

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Overview

Filmed among the Bedamini people of the Great Papuan Plateau, this documentary focuses on Tidikawa, a spirit medium whose role is to communicate with ancestral spirits during trance. Set within longhouse communities that periodically relocate to clear new gardens, the film records subsistence activities such as hunting, gardening, sago gathering, and timber cutting, alongside moments of domestic life and loss. Ritual practices are documented in detail, including a séance involving Tidikawa’s spirit child and the Golyagi initiation ceremony marking the transition of seven boys into adulthood.

Status: Released

Language: EN

Production Information

Production Companies

Vision Quest media Australia Council for the Arts

Production Countries

Papua New Guinea

Quick Facts

Release Date	January 1, 1972
Status	Released
Language	EN
Website	Visit Site

Cast

Key Crew

Jef Doring

Director

Su Doring

Director

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