The Gospel according to the Papuans - Clip

With gentle irony, this film records the overlay of Christianity on native beliefs
that occurs in the Huli tribe, one of seven hundred tribes living in Papua New
Guinea. In many areas of the world where Christian missionaries have brought
their message, similar confusions and misconceptions abound.
Recently, two rival groups of missionaries appeared in Papua, one Catholic and
the other Seventh Day Adventists, creating competition for conversions. In past
years, other Christian churches like the Lutherans, Methodists and Apostolics had
tried to convert the tribe, with varying degrees of success. When chief Ghini
agrees to be baptized a Catholic after being bribed with a shirt and tie, a large
proportion of the Hulis follow. But first there were heated debates comparing
their ancient spiritual beliefs with the tenets of Catholicism. One man argues,
« Missionaries only came here to stop our traditions they couldnt show me God
or bring him to me. »
Chief Ghini organizes the sacrificial slaughter of a pig, which is divided up among
the soon-to-be baptized. The film builds to a great baptismal ceremony,
revealing the divisions among the tribe created by competing missionaries.

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