Title 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

Published Watertown, Mass. : Documentary Educational Resources [distributor] ; [Place of publication not identified] : Pennsylvania State University, 1974

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Description 1 online resource (1 streaming video (8 min.)) Series Yanomamo series Ethnographic video online 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 Analysis Yanomamö Tribal and national groups Religious rites and ceremonies Socialization Children Children's play Dylka, Vincent Credits Directors, Timothy Asch and Napoleon A. Chagnon ; editor, Lorenzo Saltzman Event Filmed in 1971 Notes Subtitles in English Print version record Subject Yanomamo Indians. Yanomamo Indians -- Children Yanomamo Indians -- Rites and ceremonies Ethnology -- Venezuela. Shamanism -- Venezuela Ethnology. Shamanism. Yanomamo Indians. Venezuela. Genre/Form Streaming video Documentary films. Ethnographic films. Nonfiction films. Short films. Documentary films. Ethnographic films. Short films. Nonfiction films. Documentaires. Films ethnographiques. Courts métrages. Films autres que de fiction. Form Streaming video Author Asch, Timothy. Chagnon, Napoleon A., 1938-2019. Documentary Educational Resources (Firm) Pennsylvania State University.

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