Our god the condor /
The Yawar Festival, a spectacular event in the southern Andes of Peru, pits a condor, symbolic of the Andean people, against a bull, the symbol of Spain. In the dramatic ritual battle the wildly flapping condor is tied atop the lurching bulletin The film documents the significance of the ceremony fo...
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | Multiple languages |
| Language Notes: | Spanish; English, subtitles in English. |
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New York, NY :
Filmakers Library,
1990.
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | The Yawar Festival, a spectacular event in the southern Andes of Peru, pits a condor, symbolic of the Andean people, against a bull, the symbol of Spain. In the dramatic ritual battle the wildly flapping condor is tied atop the lurching bulletin The film documents the significance of the ceremony for the indigenous people. |
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| Item Description: | Previously published as DVD. Title from resource description page (viewed May 24, 2011). Slide. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (29 min.) |
| Audience: | For College; Adult audiences. |
| Awards: | Margaret Mead Film Festival, 1987 Special Award, Society for Visual Anthropology, 1989 Special Prize, Anthropos, 1987 |