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Children's magical death : a film about the Yanomamo Indians near the headwaters of the Orinoco River in southern Venezuela, 1971 / Pennsylvania State University ; film by Timothy Asch and Napoleon A. Chagnon.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Ethnographic video online.
- Yanomamo series
- Language:
- Undetermined
- Subjects (All):
- Shamanism.
- Yanomamo Indians.
- Rites and ceremonies.
- Venezuela.
- Yanomamo children.
- Yanomamo Indians--Rites and ceremonies.
- Ethnology--Venezuela.
- Ethnology.
- Shamanism--Venezuela.
- Nonfiction films.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Ethnographic films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video (8 min.) : sound, color.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Watertown, Mass. : Documentary Educational Resources [distributor] ; [Place of publication not identified] : Pennsylvania State University, 1974.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- A group of young Yanomamo Indian boys in Venezuela imitate a ritual performed by their fathers. They pretend to be shamans, blowing ashes into each other's noses and chanting to the spirits.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames (Ethnogrtaphic video online, viewed on Nov. 21, 2011)
- Filmed in 1971.
- Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2010. (Ethnographic video online). Available via World Wide Web.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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