| Title |
The tree of life [electronic resource] / by Bruce Lane ; an Earthworm Film. |
| OCLC |
ASP1689493/ant1 |
| Publisher |
Rochester, NY : Ethnoscope, 1988, 1973. |
| Description |
1 online resource (28 min.). |
| LC Subject heading/s |
Indian dance -- Mexico.
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Indians of Mexico -- Folklore.
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Totonac Indians -- Rites and ceremonies.
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Other
Genre heading/s |
Nonfiction films.
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| General note |
"A film by Bruce 'Pacho' Lane"-- Original cassette label and container. |
| Summary |
"Los Voladores" (The Flyers) is a 1500 year old rite performed by the Totonac Indians of eastern Mexico. Sacred to Quetzalcoatl, the ritual is at the spiritual heart of Mexico. Combines Mexican Indian dance, music, poetry and art in a meditation on our place in nature, on how to keep the world in balance by our lives. |
| Additional physical form available note |
Previously released as DVD. |
| Language note |
This edition in English. |
| Awards note |
First Prize, Festival of Films on Native Americans (Mexico City, 1985); First Prize, International Festival on Culture & Psychiatry; Blue Ribbon, The American Film Festival, etc. |
| General note |
Academic Video Online (AVON) |
| Restrictions |
Unlimited user license access. |
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