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Throwinggame

Details
Title

Spear throwing practice

Contributor

Nadine Grimm (née Borchardt)
Christopher Lorenz

Country

Cameroon

Genre

Discourse

Format

video/mp4
video/x-mpeg2
video/x-mpeg1
text/markdown
audio/x-wav
image/jpeg

Language

Gyele

Persistent Identifier

https://hdl.handle.net/1839/42ed9ea8-d5b3-4651-bd3d-85b5ce4428df

Description

When Nadine and Christopher arrive in Ngolo, Apato and Segyua bring a wheelbarrow to transport the sack of rice that they have brought. Meanwhile, Ada sharpens long sticks with a machete to make practice spears. He explains that the game is called "ngyendo" and consists of rolling a slice of a tree trunk while others, mostly children, try to hit the moving target with their practice spear. Ntemba Marin still sharpens spear heads in the background. Djiedjhie interviews Ada and Ntemba further about the game, pointing out that the Mabi also have a version of this game. Then a few men demonstrate how "ngyendo" works, under the cheering laughter of watching villagers. Finally, also the children play the game.

Description

This session documents the Ngolo village life and a spear throwing game that is played in order to train for hunting.

Description

When Nadine and Christopher arrive in Ngolo, Apato and Segyua bring a wheelbarrow to transport the sack of rice that they have brought. Meanwhile, Ada sharpens long sticks with a machete to make practice spears. He explains that the game is called "ngyendo" and consists of rolling a slice of a tree trunk while others, mostly children, try to hit the moving target with their practice spear. Ntemba Marin still sharpens spear heads in the background. Djiedjhie interviews Ada and Ntemba further about the game, pointing out that the Mabi also have a version of this game. Then a few men demonstrate how "ngyendo" works, under the cheering laughter of watching villagers. Finally, also the children play the game.

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Citation

Nadine Grimm (née Borchardt) and Christopher Lorenz. (2012). Item "Throwinggame" in collection "Bagyeli/Bakola". The Language Archive. https://hdl.handle.net/1839/42ed9ea8-d5b3-4651-bd3d-85b5ce4428df. (Accessed 2023-12-06)

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DOBES Code of Conduct v.2