Broadcast Project: The Dani Tribe Finger Cutting Rituals Analysis

This project presents a concept and storyboard for a short film about the Dani tribe of Indonesia and their practice of finger cutting as a form of mourning. The project outlines the objective, which is to inform the world about this bizarre tradition and encourage the tribe to abandon it. The synopsis details the painful process and its roots in satisfying ancestral ghosts. The target audience is broad, aiming to educate about dying cultures. The storyboard includes scenes depicting the ritual, the pain, and the tribe's reaction, accompanied by audio descriptions. The project concludes with a tagline promoting the preservation of community health by rejecting unhealthy cultural practices. This project is a part of a writing for broadcast assignment.

Dani’s Finger Cutting Rituals
Objective
Many traditional cultures exist all around the world and many of them are fading away due to
civic education and lessons learnt just from the experience of the same cultures. The Dani tribe
in Indonesia has had bizarrecultural practices in the past. When a family member died in this
tribe, women would physicallyexpress their emotional grief bycutting off a segment of one of
their fingers. This video aims at informing individuals all around the world of these very bizarre
culture and also let the Dani tribe realize that they need to totally get rid of this culture.
Synopsis
This tradition by the Dani tribe was among the most bizarre practices all around the universe.
The fingers were tied tight using a string just before being amputated for around thirty minutes to
numb them. After amputation, the new fingertips were then burned to make a new scar tissue. So
painful a procedure that causes more depression especially after the loss of a loved one and also
brings about medical risks. This was mainly performed in order to satisfy the tribe’s ancestral
ghosts. This practice is has become rare and all people of Indonesia must shurn away from this
culture since it has no mutual benefit to the community and the society at large.Target Audience

DYING CULTURE 2
References
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3945366/Inside-isolated-Indonesian-Dani-tribe-women-
expected-amputate-finger-relatives-die-men-eye-catching-outfits.html
http://allthatsinteresting.com/7-bizarre-cultural-practices
https://factsofindonesia.com/dani-tribe
Title: Dani’s Finger Cutting Rituals
Durations: 60 seconds
VIDE
O AUDIO
TC 00:00
The old young women was sitting at the corner
of her house beside her dead husband
Background music starts
TC 00:04
There are many inhabitants gathered in front of
the husband who was dead.
The music slowly fades and there is
murmuring voices from the old and
poor people loitering there.
TC 00:08
There are some people of Dani tribe at that
moment gathered together.
Welcome to the Dani Tribe.
Background music gain goes loud
TC 00:12
The people of Dani tribe came closer to the old
and poor woman.
There is crying music started from the
poor and young women.
TC 00: 16 There is shrill voice coming from the

DYING CULTURE 3
The Dani tribe has taken the permission of the
woman who was about to be victimized.
Dani tribes.
TC 00:20
The Dani tribe will now arrange for this act to
be implemented for the poor and old women.
There is sound coming from the
victimized women again.
TLC 00: 25
One of the people in Dani tribe held the hand of
the poor and old women tightly.
The bangling and sound of the drums
started as the act will start now.
TLC 00:30
The fingers were first amputated for thirty
minutes first to make the fingers numb
There is shouting from the young
women came again in loud sound.
TLC 00:35
The fingers of the women was tied with a string
by two people in Dani tribe
The Dani Tribe shouted in order to tie
the string.
TLC 00: 40
After the amputation the fingers of the women
were burnt so that the women will get high pain
The Dani tribe starts murmuring to
each other now.
TLC 00: 45
The burning was done in order to make a scar
tissue and it is made by some of the
representatives of the Dani tribe.
The sound goes off for a while and
everyone is paused now.
TLC 00:50 Intense pain and sound of grimises
came from the women.

DYING CULTURE 4
After the scar tissue was formed the women
was suffering from huge pain and started crying
more rapidly feeing the intense pain.
TLC 00: 55
Aftre the act was over, Dani tribe enjoyed a lot
as this contributes to their ancestral ghosts.
There is sound of cheers coming on.
TC 00:58
Tagline: Preserve and Protect the community
from Unhealthy Culture
Background music started and gone off
after 3 seconds.
TLC 00:60 Audio completed.

DYING CULTURE 5
Storyboard
Woman sitting at the corner of her house Gathering of tribal people in front of her house
Crying of women Fingers tied with the string and amputation done
Fingers burnt and feeling intense pain
After the act the Dani tribes are enjoying