N/um tchai the ceremonial dance of the !Kung Bushmen : a film

N/um tchai the ceremonial dance of the !Kung Bushmen : a film / from the Bushman film studies of John Marshall.

Documents a formalized Bushman healing ceremony in the Nyae Nyae region (Kalahari Desert) of South West Africa (present day Namibia). The film opens with a brief introduction to the role of n/um tchai, or "medicine dance", in healing and in warding off evil, followed by scenes from the cer...

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Corporate Authors: Bushman Film Series, Documentary Educational Resources (Firm)
Other Authors: Marshall, John, 1932-, England, Nicholas M., Galvin, Frank
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: Watertown, MA : Documentary Educational Resources [distributor], c2007.
Series:!Kung bushmen series.
Subjects:
!Kung (African people) > Medicine.
!Kung (African people) > Rites and ceremonies.
!Kung (African people) > Social life and customs.
Traditional medicine > Africa.
Dance > Religious aspects.
Healing > Religious aspects.
Documentary films.
Ethnographic films.
Videos > Dinand.
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Call Number: DVD DT1058.K86 N86 2007
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