Huntley Film Archives. MANGBETU 1

Films shows village life for the tribe. Group of thatched huts in a jungle clearing. Food preparation. Children in grass skirts collect yams or some other form of tuber for eating. Plantain and tubers are prepared for eating, pot boils on open fire and woman crushes vegetables with a large pestle and mortar. A chicken is released from its coop. Man cuts a bamboo pole in the jungle. Two men talk beside one of the huts and shake hands. Carving of a figurine. Women draw a stencil on the side of a hut while others prepare pigments or dyes for painting. The side of the hut is painted in a geometric pattern. Older man shows a young boy how to make a musical instruments, he carves in wood or bone and covers part of the instrument by sewing skin or cloth. Film ends with young boy playing his musical instrument while other boys dance around him in a circle.