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Bisha : the awesome fire test / /

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"The Bisha ceremony is the ultimate ordeal for revealing the truth. Suspects lick a white-hot iron pan with their tongues. If they are scorched, it shows they are lying: if not, they have unequivocally proven their innocence"--Original container.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Lily Films
Other Authors: Ginat, J., Hyman, Gerald F. (Narrator), Sherman-Sides, Nira (Director, Producer), Sides, Elia (Director, Producer)
Format: Video
Language:Arabic
English
Language Notes:This edition in an undetermined language with English subtitles.
Published: New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 1997.
Subjects:
Bedouins > Social life and customs.
Ordeal > Middle East.
Middle East.
Internet videos.
Documentary films.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
Description
Summary:"The Bisha ceremony is the ultimate ordeal for revealing the truth. Suspects lick a white-hot iron pan with their tongues. If they are scorched, it shows they are lying: if not, they have unequivocally proven their innocence"--Original container.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (52 min.).
Previously released as DVD.