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Shomõtsi /

Shomõtsi is a witty and engaging Ashaninka Indian, a father who has raised his children alone. A neighbor and friend of the filmmaker, he discusses the Ashaninka uses of anatto dye, cassava and of Coca. Shomõtsi and two other elders go to a neighboring city to collect their pensions.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pianko, Valdete
Format: Video
Language:Undetermined
Published: Watertown, Mass. : Documentary Educational Resources, 2001.
Series:Ethnographic video online.
Subjects:
Ashenika, Shomõtsi.
Ashaninca Indians > Social conditions.
Ashaninca Indians > Social life and customs.
Ashaninka > Conditions sociales.
Ashaninka > Mœurs et coutumes.
Documentary.
Encoded moving images.
Documentary films.
Ethnographic films.
Nonfiction films.
Documentaires.
Films autres que de fiction.
Films ethnographiques.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
Description
Summary:Shomõtsi is a witty and engaging Ashaninka Indian, a father who has raised his children alone. A neighbor and friend of the filmmaker, he discusses the Ashaninka uses of anatto dye, cassava and of Coca. Shomõtsi and two other elders go to a neighboring city to collect their pensions.
Physical Description:1 online resource (42 min.)
Production Credits:Director, Valdete Pinhanta Ashenīka ; editor, Mari Correa.