Description |
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 65 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound. |
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digital |
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video file MPEG-4 Flash |
Series |
Video in the Villages
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Note |
Title from title frames. |
Event |
Originally produced by Documentary Educational Resources in 2001. |
Summary |
In the Wai'á ceremony, young Xavante men undergo suffering as an initiation into spiritual life and a way to make contact with supernatural forces. The boys are divided into groups, and under the supervision of past initiates they perform weeks of physical trials in the hot sun. |
System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
Language |
In English, Subtitles in English. |
Subject |
Xavante Indians.
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Men.
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Age identity.
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Rites and ceremonies.
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Group identity.
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Tribal and national groups.
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Added Author |
Tserewahu, Divino, author, film director.
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Tsereptse, Alexandre, contributor.
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Tsererób'ō, Celestino, contributor.
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Kanopy (Firm)
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Music No. |
1116131 Kanopy |
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