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Yanomami, Patanoetheri (Venezuela, Oberer Orinoco) Yopo-Rausch, Tanz und Geisterbeschwörung (Hekuramou) zur Initiation eines Medizinmann-Anwärters.

Title
  1. Yanomami, Patanoetheri (Venezuela, Oberer Orinoco) [electronic resource] : Yopo-Rausch, Tanz und Geisterbeschwörung (Hekuramou) zur Initiation eines Medizinmann-Anwärters. (Teil II).
Published by
  1. 1983.
Format
  1. Film, slide, etc.

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Details

Description
  1. 1 streaming video file (NTSC) (23 min.) : sd., col.
Summary
  1. By dancing and singing, two healers implant spirits into a third healer who wants to achieve perfection. The process is repeated for an aspiring healer from another village, who then dances a rehearsal "hekuramou" before the other healers, who comment upon and encourage his performance. For Part II of this videotape, see: *MGZIDF 1637
Series statement
  1. Encyclopaedia cinematographica ; E 2835
Subject
  1. Dance -- Venezuela.
  2. Indian dance -- Venezuela.
  3. Motion pictures. Yanomami, Patanoetheri (Venezuela, Oberer Orinoko).
  4. Indians of South America -- Venezuela -- Rites and ceremonies.
  5. Trance dances.
  6. Ritual and ceremonial dancing -- Venezuela.
  7. Initiation dances.
  8. Medicine dance.
Call number
  1. *MGZIDF 1624
Language
  1. German
Note
  1. Filmed in 1983. Produced and distributed by the Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film, Göttingen, Germany.
  2. English title: Yanomami, Patanoetheri (Venezuela, Upper Orinoco); Yopo intoxication, dance, and summoning of spirits (hekuramou) to initiate an aspirant medicine-man (Part II). For a descriptive pamphlet in German, with English summary, see: *MGS (General) Encyclopaedia cinematographica.
Access (note)
  1. Patrons can access streaming video file online only on site at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Funding (note)
  1. Preservation of this video was supported by a donation from Lynn Garafola.
Local note
  1. Former call number: *MGZIC 9-2322
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