Focuses on the role of an older Yanomamo Indian, Dedeheiwa, who is a prominent political leader and renowned shaman from a village in the Orinoco River area of southern Venezuela and northern Brazil. Documents the activities that take place in a two-day period during which Dedeheiwa organizes many of the co-villagers in a joint magical attack on the souls of children in a distant village. Shows use of hallucinogenic snuff by shamans. Suited for courses relating religious activities to political and social organization. (Ref: Chagnon, N.A., Studying the Yanomamo, NY: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1974.) Also see The Feast (31606) and Yanomamo: A Multi-Disciplinary Study (50259). From the Yanomamo series. Napoleon Chagnon. Blue Ribbon winner, American Film Festival.
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