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The tree of life / by Bruce Lane ; an Earthworm Film.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indian dance--Mexico.
- Indian dance.
- Indians of Mexico--Folklore.
- Indians of Mexico.
- Totonac Indians--Rites and ceremonies.
- Totonac Indians.
- Genre:
- Nonfiction films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (28 min.).
- Place of Publication:
- Rochester, NY : Ethnoscope, 1988, 1973.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- "Los Voladores" (The Flyers) is a 1500 year old rite performed by the Totonac Indians of eastern Mexico. Sacred to Quetzalcoatl, the ritual is at the spiritual heart of Mexico. Combines Mexican Indian dance, music, poetry and art in a meditation on our place in nature, on how to keep the world in balance by our lives.
- Notes:
- "A film by Bruce 'Pacho' Lane"-- Original cassette label and container.
- First Prize, Festival of Films on Native Americans (Mexico City, 1985); First Prize, International Festival on Culture & Psychiatry; Blue Ribbon, The American Film Festival, etc.
- OCLC:
- 849667016
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