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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Tserewahu, Divino (Author)
Corporate Author:	Kanopy (Firm)
Other Authors:	Tsereptse, Alexandre (Contributor), Tsererób'ō, Celestino (Contributor)
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English, Subtitles in English.
Published:	[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2014.
Series:	Ethnographic Video Online, Volume 1 Video in the Villages
Subjects:	Xavante. Men. Age identity. Religious rites and ceremonies. Cultural identity. Tribal and national groups. Internet videos. Nonfiction films.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video

Description
Abstract:	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.
Item Description:	Title from title frames.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 65 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Format:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.