Children's Magical Death

Series: Yanomamo Series

Duration: 7

Genre: Documentary | Educational | Ethnographic

Year Published: 1974

Creator: Pennsylvania State University

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Depicts a group of young Venezuelan Yanomamo Indian boys imitating a shamanistic ritual performed by their fathers. Shows the children blowing ashes into one another's noses and dancing in a frenzied state as they imitate their elders' ingestion of hallucinogens and their subsequent activities as they enter the spirit world. Provides English subtitles., CONTAINS NUDITY-Depicts a group of young Venezuelan Yanomamo Indian boys imitating a shamanistic ritual performed by their fathers. Shows the children blowing ashes into one another's noses and dancing in a frenzied state as they imitate their elders' ingestion of hallucinogens and their subsequent activities as they enter the spirit world. Provides English subtitles.

Complete Record: Depicts a group of young Venezuelan Yanomamo Indian boys imitating a shamanistic ritual performed by their fathers. Shows the children blowing ashes into one another's noses and dancing in a frenzied state as they imitate their elders' ingestion of hallucinogens and their subsequent activities as they enter the spirit world. Provides English subtitles., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.