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Author Townsley, Graham

Title The shaman and his apprentice / by Graham Townsley and Howard Reid
Published London, England : British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC), 1989

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Description 1 online resource (49 min.)
Series Under the sun
Ethnographic video online
Summary In a world where there are no hospitals or doctors, the shaman cures the sick using supernatural powers. Jose is a master shaman of the Yaminahua tribe in the Peruvian Amazon. His apprentice Curaka only came into contact with the outside world five years ago, when his group of Yaminahua were decimated by a flu epidemic. 'Just a few of us survived. So now when Jose has prepared me, I want to learn to cure.' But does Curaka have the strength and determination?
Notes Previously released on DVD
Title from resource description page (viewed Nov. 3, 2011)
Credits Anthropologist and narrator, Graham Townsley ; producer, Howard Reid
Event Filmed in Peru
Notes English
Subject Yaminawa Indians.
Shamans -- Peru
Shamanism.
Healers -- Peru
Healing.
Spirits.
Hallucinogenic drugs.
Songs.
Apprentices.
shamanism.
apprentices.
Apprentices.
Hallucinogenic drugs.
Healers.
Healing.
Shamanism.
Shamans.
Songs.
Spirits.
Yaminawa Indians.
Peru.
Genre/Form Documentary
Documentary.
Form Streaming video
Author Reid, Howard