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Sacred games / Zeno Production Company ; produced, written and narrated by Thor Anderson.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Mayan languages
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Mayas--Religion.
- Mayas.
- Indians of Mexico--Rites and ceremonies.
- Indians of Mexico.
- Chamula (Mexico)--Social life and customs.
- Chamula (Mexico).
- Ethnic music recordings, Mayan.
- Ethnic music recordings--Mexico--Chiapas.
- Local Subjects:
- Ethnic music recordings, Mayan.
- Ethnic music recordings--Mexico--Chiapas.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (circa 59 min.) : sound, color.
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley, Calif. : University of California, Extension Media Center [distributor], 1988.
- Language Note:
- Narrated in English; spoken Mayan and Spanish with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- digital
- Summary:
- Presents the Festival of Games, held annually in San Juan Chamula, religious and cultural center of present-day Mayans of Chiapas; ritualized warfare recalls the repeated invasions of the Mayan realm, followed by symbolic restoration of the world-order.
- Participant:
- The people of San Juan Chamula.
- Credits:
- Photography, Scott Jutson, Patricia Amlin, Carlos Martínez Suarez ; editors, Thor Anderson, Ismael Saavedra.
- Notes:
- Documentary.
- Filmed in various years on location in San Juan Chamula, State of Chiapas, Mexico.
- Originally produced in 1988.
- "37901"--Cassette label.
- "#088VHS"--Cassette label.
- Description based on VHS version record.
- Other Format:
- VHS version Sacred games
- OCLC:
- 79646731
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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