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Accepted Paper:
Morokapel's Feast. The story of a Kara hunting ritual
Felix Girke
(HTWG Konstanz and Allegra Lab)
Paper short abstract:
This film follows the events triggered by a young man's killing of a leopard with a self-made trap in Kara, Southern Ethiopia. Anthropologist Felix Girke and film-maker Steffen Köhn follow the protagonists as a social drama slowly emerges: during the feast which celebrates the hunter's achievement, a challenge as to the ownership of the precious hide is issued. The events of the film reveal how ritual rules are strategically manipulated and contested for not entirely evident reasons The award-winning "Morokapel's Feast" has been screened at over a dozen festivals in Europe and beyond. 26' film
Paper long abstract:
This film follows the events triggered by a young man's killing of a leopard with a self-made trap in Kara, Southern Ethiopia. Anthropologist Felix Girke and film-maker Steffen Köhn follow the protagonists as a social drama slowly emerges: during the feast which celebrates the hunter's achievement, a challenge as to the ownership of the precious hide is issued. The events of the film reveal how ritual rules are strategically manipulated and contested for not entirely evident reasons
The award-winning "Morokapel's Feast" has been screened at over a dozen festivals in Europe and beyond.
26 film
Film programme
Session 1