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1 online resource (streaming video file) (49 min. 21 sec.) ; 298537038 bytes |
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The world's rainforests are brimming with life. They are environments of plenty where a successful community needs more than the hunt for resources to keep it together. The Matis of Brazil have long adapted their hunting techniques to cater for animals at ground level and those high in the canopy. Their ornate blowpipes, some 3.5m long and decorated with turtle shells and capybara teeth, can only be used pointing straight up at monkeys and birds high in the canopy. Numerous rituals and ceremony focus on successful hunting, and developing an affinity with the prey. Once every three years in a sacred grove on the border of Ghana and Togo thousands of followers gather for the spectacular seven day celebration that is Kokuzahn. In a trance, a voodoo dancer is able to touch his tongue to a white hot machete, thrust a flaming branch down his throat or walk upside down along the branch of a tree. Considered miracles, these superhuman feats defy credibility and demonstrate the extraordinary power of their deity. PRODUCTION DETAILSSeries Producer: Dale Templar; Executive Producer: Brian Leith. A BBC/Discovery Channel/France Television co production |
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Broadcast 2011-04-24 at 19:30:00 |
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Classification: G |
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Fowling.
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Human beings -- Effect of climate on.
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Human geography.
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Hunting -- Environmental aspects.
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Yaka (African people)
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Africa.
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Streaming video
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Hugh-Jones, Tom, director
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Hurt, John, cast
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