Patron of the Royal Anthropological Institute presents
Face Values with people from Bali, Brazil, California, Malta, Tanzania and Britain. Moving Through Life
Jimmy Adams , the Californian gypsy, spends a few thousand dollars on his daughter's wedding. Malim Manzi , a Tanzanian Muslim, spent two-thirds of his annual cash income on his boy's circumcision. Everywhere in the world, people find it essential to mark the important stages in life and the surprising discovery is that all such ceremonies have similar patterns.
Narration written by PAUL KRIWACZEK
Spoken by ELIZABETH BELL
Assistant producer PETER RAMSDEN Producer DAVID CORDINGLEY
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