Shark Callers Of Kontu, The

Year of completion
1982
Content type
Documentary
Format
Short
Duration
54 minutes
Production Status
Completed

Synopsis

For centuries the men of Kontu, a small coastal village in New Ireland, have gone to sea in frail outrigger canoes: to call, trap and kill sharks by hand. Now after a hundred years of coloniziation, economic exploration and intense missionary activity, a few men still understand the magic rituals of shark calling. However it remains as their most tangible link with the tradtions of the past during a time of rapid social change.
Completion Year
1982
Format
Short
Production Status
Completed