Indigenous Video Makers: Wai'á Rini, The Power of the Dream
(2014, original release: 2001)
Nonfiction
eVideo
Details
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 65 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
ISBN/ISSN
1116131
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Title from title frames
In the Wai'á ceremony, young Xavante men undergo suffering as an initiation into spiritual life and a way to make contact with supernatural forces. The boys are divided into groups, and under the supervision of past initiates they perform weeks of physical trials in the hot sun
Originally produced by Documentary Educational Resources in 2001
Mode of access: World Wide Web
In English, Subtitles in English