Yemaya Recommends: WAWATA TOPU—Mermaids of Timor-Leste

Biswas, Nilanjana (2013) Yemaya Recommends: WAWATA TOPU—Mermaids of Timor-Leste. Yemaya (44). p. 12. ISSN 0973-1156

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Abstract

The film begins with stunning underwater visuals: shoals of fish darting in and out of coral reefs, as if dancing to the haunting chant-like singing that forms the film’s opening score while clownfish squirm amidst fingers of swaying white anemone. And then, suddenly and breathtakingly, there are women there, surrounded by fish and swinging webs of light, holding what appear to be long ticks in their hands and dance-walking through the blue waters.

Item Type:	Articles
Class Number:	920.YEM375
Keywords:	Yemaya, ICSF, Film, Timor Leste, Women, Divers, Fish Catch, Labour, Small-scale Fisheries, Yemaya Recommends
Subjects:	Gender in Fisheries and Aquaculture
Depositing User:	Chitti Babu ICSF
Date Deposited:	21 Sep 2021 06:37
Last Modified:	26 Mar 2022 11:03
URI:	http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/791

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