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Title The devil dancers
Published London, UK : Royal Anthropological Institute, 2011, 1987

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Description 1 online resource (41 min.)
Series Cuyagua ; part I
Ethnographic video online ; volume 2
Summary The men of the Afro-Caribbean population of Cuyagua enact a ritual that occurs 60 days after Easter. The film is a portrait of the two men who direct the devil dancing. They tell the history of the village, the organization of the devil dancing, and stories associated with the devil. The film also discusses the intriguing ritual of the dancing itself
Notes Title from resource description page (viewed Apr. 23, 2013)
This edition in Spanish and English with English subtitles
Subject Religion -- Rites and ceremonies -- Music dances
Dancers -- Caribbean Area
Dance -- Caribbean Area
Dance.
Dancers.
Caribbean Area.
Genre/Form Nonfiction films.
Nonfiction films.
Films autres que de fiction.
Form Streaming video
Author Drion, Georges
Henley, Paul
Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland.
Other Titles Devil dancers. Part I : Cuyagua