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"Los Voladores" (The Flyers) is a 1500 year old rite performed by the Totonac Indians of eastern Mexico. Sacred to Quetzalcoatl, the ritual is at the spiritual heart of Mexico. Combines Mexican Indian dance, music, poetry and art in a meditation on our place in nature, on how to keep the w...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Earthworm Films, Ethnoscope Film & Video (Firm)
Other Authors:	Lane, Bruce, 1938-
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	This edition in English.
Published:	Rochester, NY : Ethnoscope, 1988, 1973.
Series:	Ethnographic video online ; volume 1
Subjects:	Indian dance > Mexico. Indians of Mexico > Folklore. Totonac Indians > Rites and ceremonies. Danses des Peuples autochtones > Mexique. Totonaques > Rites et cérémonies. Indian dance. Indians of Mexico. Mexico. Encoded moving images. Folklore. Nonfiction films. Films autres que de fiction.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)

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Summary:	"Los Voladores" (The Flyers) is a 1500 year old rite performed by the Totonac Indians of eastern Mexico. Sacred to Quetzalcoatl, the ritual is at the spiritual heart of Mexico. Combines Mexican Indian dance, music, poetry and art in a meditation on our place in nature, on how to keep the world in balance by our lives.
Item Description:	"A film by Bruce 'Pacho' Lane"--Original cassette label and container.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (28 min.).
Playing Time:	00:28:00
Awards:	First Prize, Festival of Films on Native Americans (Mexico City, 1985); First Prize, International Festival on Culture & Psychiatry; Blue Ribbon, The American Film Festival, etc.