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The Ainu bear ceremony.

The RAI has reedited the original film of this ceremony among the Ainu people of Japan. In the bear ceremony, now no longer performed, a specially reared bear was reverently killed and its flesh and blood eaten by the participants. The film shows a series of ritual acts with some commentary on their...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (Producer)
Other Authors:	Munro, Neil Gordon, 1863-1942 (Director)
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	This edition in English.
Published:	London, UK : Royal Anthropological Institute, 2001.
Series:	Ethnographic video online ; volume 2
Subjects:	Ainu > Rites and ceremonies. Ainu > Religion. Ainu > Social life and customs. Bears > Religious aspects. Aïnou (Peuple d'Asie) > Rites et cérémonies. Aïnou (Peuple d'Asie) > Mœurs et coutumes. Ethnographic films. Nonfiction films. Films ethnographiques. Films autres que de fiction.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)

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