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Yanomamo of the Orinoco
Title
Yanomamo of the Orinoco [electronic resource] / by Timothy Asch and Napoleon Chagnon.
Published
Watertown, Mass. : Documentary Educational Resources, 2004, 1987.
Physical Description
1 streaming video (29 min.).
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2010. (Ethnographic video online). Available via World Wide Web.
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Summary
This video utilizes film footage from the extensive series of Napoleon Chagnon and Timothy Asch. It was made in conjunction with seventh grade geography teachers in Wayland, Massachusetts schools, to show land use in a South American rain forest. It depicts many of the daily activities of the Yanomamo Indians such as slash-and-burn gardening, body decorating, gathering firewood, bathing in the river and preparing for a feast.
Variant and related titles
Ethnographic video online.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 15, 2010
Series
Yanomamo series
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