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 bull. The film documents the significance of the ceremony for t...
| Corporate Authors: | , |
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| Other Authors: | , |
| Format: | Video |
| Language: | Spanish English |
| Language Notes: | In English; some segments in Spanish with English subtitles. Include interactive transcript and captions in English for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
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New York, NY :
Filmakers Library,
1990.
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| Series: | Filmakers Library online.
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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 bull. The film documents the significance of the ceremony for the indigenous people. |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed May 24, 2011). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (29 min.). |
| Playing Time: | 00:29:00 |
| Audience: | For College; Adult audiences. |
| Awards: | Margaret Mead Film Festival, 1987 Special Award, Society for Visual Anthropology, 1989 Special Prize, Anthropos, 1987 |