Indigenous video makers : Wapté Mnhõnõ, the Xavante's initiation /

A team of Xavante filmmakers has collaborated to realize this visual archive of the complex Wapté Mnhõnõ ceremony. Taking place over several months with much elaborate rehearsal and preparation, the ceremony involves the participation of several different groups of boys and men in the roles of initi...

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Other Authors: Waiassé, Caimi (Director, Screenwriter), Tserewahu, Divino (Director, Screenwriter), Prodoti, Jorge (Director, Screenwriter), Suya, Winti (Director, Screenwriter)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:This edition in English.
Published: Watertown, MA : Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1999.
Series:Video in the villages
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Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:A team of Xavante filmmakers has collaborated to realize this visual archive of the complex Wapté Mnhõnõ ceremony. Taking place over several months with much elaborate rehearsal and preparation, the ceremony involves the participation of several different groups of boys and men in the roles of initiates, godparents, and rivals.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed Mar. 12, 2014).
Physical Description:1 online resource (video file (76 min.)) : sound, color.
Playing Time:01:16:17