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Magical Death

Fascinating ethnographic study of the role of the shamans among the Yanomamo Indians in Southern Venezuela. Shows the prinicipal shaman as he manipulates good and evil spirits while in an ecstatic trance state induced by sniffing hallucinogenic snuff. English Narration (Yanomomo series), Depicts the dual role of Dedeheiwa, a Yanomamo shaman, as communicant with the spirits for purposes of healing and destruction and as an important political leader. Shows Dedeheiwa directing and participating in magical ceremonies involving the ingestion of hallucinogenic drugs to enter into an alliance with the hekura spirits. Focuses on activities that took place over a two-day period in which Dedeheiwa organized a number of co-villages in a magical attack on the souls of children of another village. Includes English narration.

Credits

Napoleon A. Chagnon (1938–); Timothy Asch; Craig Johnson; Pennsylvania State University; University of California (System). Extension Media Center

Complete catalog record
, Depicts the dual role of Dedeheiwa, a Yanomamo shaman, as communicant with the spirits for purposes of healing and destruction and as an important political leader. Shows Dedeheiwa directing and participating in magical ceremonies involving the ingestion of hallucinogenic drugs to enter into an alliance with the hekura spirits. Focuses on activities that took place over a two-day period in which Dedeheiwa organized a number of co-villages in a magical attack on the souls of children of another village. Includes English narration.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.

More in Yanomamo Series

  1. The Feast 1970
  2. Tapir Distribution 1971
  3. Magical Death 1973
  4. A Man and His Wife Make a Hammock 1974
  5. A man called "Bee" : studying the Yanomamo 1974
  6. Children's Magical Death 1974
  7. Climbing the Peach Palm 1974
  8. Firewood 1974
  9. Ocamo Is My Town 1974
  10. Weeding the Garden 1974
  11. A Father Washes His Children 1975
  12. Arrow Game 1975
  13. Moonblood : a Yanomamo creation myth as told by Dedeheiwa 1975
  14. Myth Of Naro As Told By Kaobawa 1975
  15. The Ax fight 1975
  16. The Yanomamo Myth of Naro as Told by Dedeheiwa 1975
  17. Tug Of War 1975
  18. Yanomamo Indians - Moonblood 1975
  19. Jaguar and the Revenge of the Twins as Told By Daramasiwa 1976
  20. Bride service Cont
  21. New Tribes Mission Cont
  22. Tug of war Cont

Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, length, format, color, description, catalog record
  2. BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE · record ↗ — title, creator, length, format, color, sound, description, credits
  3. Wikidata · Q6730988 ↗ — country

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