- Description
- 1 streaming video file (NTSC) (23 min.) : sd., col.
- Summary
- By dancing and singing, two healers implant spirits into a third healer who wants to achieve perfection. The process is repeated for an aspiring healer from another village, who then dances a rehearsal "hekuramou" before the other healers, who comment upon and encourage his performance. For Part II of this videotape, see: *MGZIDF 1637
- Series Statement
- Encyclopaedia cinematographica ; E 2835
- Subjects
- Note
- Filmed in 1983. Produced and distributed by the Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film, Göttingen, Germany.
- English title: Yanomami, Patanoetheri (Venezuela, Upper Orinoco); Yopo intoxication, dance, and summoning of spirits (hekuramou) to initiate an aspirant medicine-man (Part II). 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 1624
- OCLC
- NYPY916004942-F
- Title
Yanomami, Patanoetheri (Venezuela, Oberer Orinoco) [electronic resource] : Yopo-Rausch, Tanz und Geisterbeschwörung (Hekuramou) zur Initiation eines Medizinmann-Anwärters. (Teil II).
- Imprint
1983.
- Series
Encyclopaedia cinematographica ; E 2835
- 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 9-2322
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
Motion pictures. Yanomami, Patanoetheri (Venezuela, Oberer Orinoko).
- Local Subject
Indians of South America -- Venezuela -- Rites and ceremonies.
Trance dances.
Ritual and ceremonial dancing -- Venezuela.
Initiation dances.
Medicine dance.
- Research Call Number
*MGZIDF 1624