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The Feast

Credits: Producers, Timothy Asch, Napoleon Chagnon ; filmmaker, Timothy Asch

Illustrates the feasting practices of the Yanomamo Indians of southern Venezuela, at the headwaters of the Orinoco River. These feasts provide an opportunity for the forming of alliances between independent sovereign villages. Based on Chapter IV of Napoleon Chagnon's ethnographic work, Yanomano: the fierce people

Credits

Directed by
Tim Asch

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

Related films

Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, format, sound, genre, description, video
  2. Wikidata · Q12058833 ↗ — country, credits

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