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The shaman and his apprentice /

In a world where there are no hospitals or doctors, the shaman cures the sick using supernatural powers. Jose is a master shaman of the Yaminahua tribe in the Peruvian Amazon. His apprentice Curaka only came into contact with the outside world five years ago, when his group of Yaminahua were decimat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Townsley, Graham
Other Authors: Reid, Howard
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: London, England : British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC), 1989.
Series:Ethnographic video online.
Subjects:
Yaminawa Indians.
Shamans > Peru.
Shamanism.
Healers > Peru.
Healing.
Spirits.
Hallucinogenic drugs.
Songs.
Apprentices.
Yaminahua.
Chamanisme.
Guérisseurs > Pérou.
Guérison.
Esprits.
Hallucinogènes.
Chansons.
Apprentis.
Healers.
Shamans.
Peru.
Documentary.
Encoded moving images.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
Description
Summary:In a world where there are no hospitals or doctors, the shaman cures the sick using supernatural powers. Jose is a master shaman of the Yaminahua tribe in the Peruvian Amazon. His apprentice Curaka only came into contact with the outside world five years ago, when his group of Yaminahua were decimated by a flu epidemic. 'Just a few of us survived. So now when Jose has prepared me, I want to learn to cure.' But does Curaka have the strength and determination?
Item Description:Previously released on DVD.
Title from resource description page (viewed Nov. 3, 2011).
Physical Description:1 online resource (49 min.).
Playing Time:00:49:36
Production Credits:Anthropologist and narrator, Graham Townsley ; producer, Howard Reid.