N/um tchai: the ceremonial dance of the !Kung Bushmen
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Format: Electronic Video
Language:English
Published: Watertown, MA Documentary Educational Resources (DER) 2009, 1969
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Documents a formalized Bushman curing ceremony in the Kalahari Desert area of South West Africa by showing an all-night n/um tchai (medicine dance) in which a number of men go into trance and exercise special curing powers. Divided into two parts: the first reviews and explains typical dance scenes; the second shows the ceremony without narration
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (20 min.)

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