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The Ainu bear ceremony

Label
The Ainu bear ceremony
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
The Ainu bear ceremony
Medium
electronic resource
Oclc number
849668534
Runtime
29
Series statement
Ethnographic video online, volume 2
Summary
The RAI has reedited the original film of this ceremony among the Ainu people of Japan. In the bear ceremony, now no longer performed, a specially reared bear was reverently killed and its flesh and blood eaten by the participants. The film shows a series of ritual acts with some commentary on their meaning
Target audience
general
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