Bibliograph

Indigenous Video Makers: Wai'? Rini, The Power of the Dream, by Divino Tserewaho?

Type

Label

Indigenous Video Makers: Wai'? Rini, The Power of the Dream, by Divino Tserewaho?

Language

eng

Abstract

In the Wai'? 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

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

Indigenous Video Makers: Wai'? Rini, The Power of the Dream

Oclc number

900276343

resource.otherEventInformation

Originally produced by Documentary Educational Resources in 2001

Responsibility statement

by Divino Tserewaho?

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Series statement