Reception in Ngun - Part 1, 2 - fixed camera - edited for two-screen viewer 0303-20140228 - Reception in Ngun - Part 1, 2 - fixed camera - edited for two-screen viewer Linguistic and ethnographic documentation aimed at identifying loci of cultural and linguistic reproduction in two communities speaking endangered Bantoid languages

This is the second of a series of video recording made during the first celebration of a ritual reception the Ngun villagers wanted to grant Pierpaolo Di Carlo.This video file has been shot with a fixed camera mounted on top of a small mound at the edge of the Ngun palace square. After the chief sits down on his ritual stool, followed by the other men of influence and the guest of honor, the village children sing the Cameroon's national anthem. Subsequently, the Ngun women of influence (members of the secret society called ishaam@) perform a ritual of welcome for the foreigner: his feet are rubbed with camwood powder (Baphia nitida) and he is then given a necklace made of sacred leaves. Then, Mr. Vincent Ndjah, a man with some political aspirations from the Ndin quarter, makes a discourse (in a local English) in which he emphasizes what the village expects from the foreigner. The video ends with a performance of laN@, an apparently lyrics-less music genre (typical of Ngun and of few other neighboring villages, if any) characterized by the use of flute-like instruments accompanied by a drum and horn. Language_Name: Ajumbu and Mungbam Language_Region: Africa Language_Country: Cameroon Project_Status: Ongoing Year: 2011 Start_Date: 2012-01-02 End_Date: 2013-01-02 Title Reception in Ngun - Part 1, 2 - fixed camera - edited for two-screen viewer Title Reception in Ngun - Part 1, 2 - fixed camera - compressed Title Reception in Ngun - Part 1, 2 - fixed camera Title Reception in Ngun - Part 1, 2 - both cameras