Venezuela, Orinoco Head Water Region (Makiritare) -- Festival Dance
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.967; E01788
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 (7 minutes, color silent, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1969
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: participants paint patterns on their faces and bodies with red vegetable dye before the dance festival. Then as two bamboo clarinet players lead the group, the dancers move in a line around the village, probably representing a herd of grunting wild boars. This was originally a ritual hunting dance and is now performed only on certain occasions.
Legacy Keywords: Venezuela ; Venezuela, Orinoco Head Water Region ; South America; Makiritare