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
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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
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videorecording
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Children's magical death
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electronic resource
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Filmed in 1971
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Pennsylvania State University ; film by Timothy Asch and Napoleon A. Chagnon
Runtime
8
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Yanomamo series
Sub title
a film about the Yanomamo Indians near the headwaters of the Orinoco River in southern Venezuela, 1971
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
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live action
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- Genre2
- Subject7
- Is Part Of1