- Description
- 1 streaming video file (NTSC) (20 min.) : sd., b&w.
- Summary
- Spontaneous trance ritual which developed out of a joking dance in which men and women participated. As the women clap and sing, the men move in a circle, touching the women to extract sickness and evil from them. Special attention is paid to a sick woman and child. Several men fall into trance and are revived through smoke, water, and massage. The last section of the film is recorded at a slower speed.
- Series Statement
- Encyclopaedia cinematographica ; E 2953
- Subjects
- Note
- Filmed in 1972. Produced and distributed by the Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film, Göttingen, Germany.
- English title: !ko Bushmen (Botswana, Kalahari Desert); Festival dance "guma." For a descriptive pamphlet in German, with English summary, see: *MGS (General) Encyclopaedia cinematographica.
- Access (note)
- Patrons can access streaming video file online only on site at the Library for the Performing Arts.
- Funding (note)
- Preservation of this video was supported by a donation from Lynn Garafola.
- Call Number
- *MGZIDF 1625
- OCLC
- NYPY916002520-F
- Title
!ko-Buschmänner (Botswana, Kalahari) [electronic resource] : Tranceritual "guma".
- Imprint
1972.
- Series
Encyclopaedia cinematographica ; E 2953
- Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming video file online only on site at the Library for the Performing Arts.
- Funding
Preservation of this video was supported by a donation from Lynn Garafola.
- Local Note
Former call number: *MGZIC 9-2323
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
Motion pictures. !ko-Buschmänner (Botswana, Kalahari).
Ritual and ceremonial dancing -- Africa.
Exorcism.
Trance dances.
Medicine dance.
- Research Call Number
*MGZIDF 1625