South Africa, Natal (Zulu) -- Initiation Ceremony of a Woman Herbalist
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.207; E01754
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film (Göttingen, Germany)
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content: Institut Für Den Wissenschaftlichen Filmen (IWF) Encyclopaedia Cinematographica film collection
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (17 minutes, color sound, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1968
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Edited film: diviners perform the initiation ceremony of a young female herbalist, which includes the praising of ancestral spirits, smearing the woman with froth, and the divination dance. Finally the initiate beats medicine into froth as a sign of her new abilities.
Legacy Keywords: South Africa ; South Africa, Natal ; Africa; Zulu