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The Feast / by Timothy Asch and Napoleon Chagnon.

Asch, Timothy, (producer,, author.). Chagnon, Napoleon A., 1938-2019 (producer,, author.). Kanopy (Firm) (Added Author).

Summary:
Yanomamo feasts are ceremonial, social, economic, and political events. They are occasions for men to adorn their bodies with paint and feathers, to display their strength in dance and ritualized aggression; for trading partnerships to be established or affirmed; and for the creation or testing of alliances.

Record details

  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 29 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound.
  • Publisher: [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2014.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Title from title frames.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Originally produced by Documentary Educational Resources in 1970.
System Details Note:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Language Note:
In Yanomamö, English, Subtitles in English.
Subject: Yanomamö.
Political alliances.
Barter.
Politics.
Meals.
Rural population.
Tribal and national groups.


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