The Ainu bear ceremony
The RAI has reedited the original film of this ceremony among the Ainu people of Japan. In the bear ceremony, now no longer performed, a specially reared bear was reverently killed and its flesh and blood eaten by the participants. The film shows a series of ritual acts with some commentary on their...
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Language: | English |
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London, UK :
Royal Anthropological Institute,
2001
London, UK : 2001 |
Series: | Ethnographic video online, volume 2
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