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Allah In Europe, Hamburg
directed by Jan Leyers, fl. 2018 and Johannes Bucher, fl. 2018; presented by Jan Leyers, fl. 2018; produced by Tom de Baerdemaeker, fl. 2018, in Allah In Europe (Zurich, Zurich Canton: First Hand Films, 2018), 43 mins
What is the future of Islam in Europe? How hopeful can we be of an European, enlightened version of Islam? Will it be possible to overcome the Europeans' distrust of Islam? Jan Leyers goes in search of answers. He heads off to Sarajevo, Budapest, Vienna, Hamburg, Paris, London, Copenhagen and Malmö. He listens to...
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directed by Jan Leyers, fl. 2018 and Johannes Bucher, fl. 2018; presented by Jan Leyers, fl. 2018; produced by Tom de Baerdemaeker, fl. 2018, in Allah In Europe (Zurich, Zurich Canton: First Hand Films, 2018), 43 mins
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What is the future of Islam in Europe? How hopeful can we be of an European, enlightened version of Islam? Will it be possible to overcome the Europeans' distrust of Islam? Jan Leyers goes in search of answers. He heads off to Sarajevo, Budapest, Vienna, Hamburg, Paris, London, Copenhagen and Malmö. He listens to the voice of experts and the word on the street and talks with religious men and women, with ex - believers and new converts. What do...
What is the future of Islam in Europe? How hopeful can we be of an European, enlightened version of Islam? Will it be possible to overcome the Europeans' distrust of Islam? Jan Leyers goes in search of answers. He heads off to Sarajevo, Budapest, Vienna, Hamburg, Paris, London, Copenhagen and Malmö. He listens to the voice of experts and the word on the street and talks with religious men and women, with ex - believers and new converts. What do they hope for and what are their concerns? In this series, Jan stays true to his style: nuanced and respectful, without shying away from controversy.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Tom de Baerdemaeker, fl. 2018
Author / Creator
Jan Leyers, fl. 2018, Johannes Bucher, fl. 2018
Date Published / Released
2018
Publisher
First Hand Films
Series
Allah In Europe
Topic / Theme
Religious conversions, Cultural assimilation, Religion, Islam, Europeans
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Copyright © 2018 Film Platform
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Also Called Sacajawea: Chief Woman's Stolen Identity
written by Thomas H. Johnson (Long Grove, IL: Waveland Press, Inc., 2008, originally published 2008), 140 page(s)
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written by Thomas H. Johnson (Long Grove, IL: Waveland Press, Inc., 2008, originally published 2008), 140 page(s)
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
General reference book
Contributor
Thomas H. Johnson
Author / Creator
Thomas H. Johnson
Date Published / Released
2008
Publisher
Waveland Press, Inc.
Person Discussed
Paraivo, Sacajawea, 1788-1812, Grace Hebard, 1861-1936
Topic / Theme
Shoshoni, Traditional history, Cultural views
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2008 by Waveland Press
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Altar of Fire
written by Robert G. Gardner, 1925-2014 and J. F. Staal, fl. 2010; directed by Robert G. Gardner, 1925-2014 and J. F. Staal, fl. 2010; produced by Robert G. Gardner, 1925-2014 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER)), 45 mins
This film records a 12 day ritual performed by Mambudiri Brahmins in Kerala, southwest India, in April 1975. This event was possibly the last performance of the Agnicayana, a Vedic ritual of sacrifice dating back 3,000 years and probably the oldest surviving human ritual.
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written by Robert G. Gardner, 1925-2014 and J. F. Staal, fl. 2010; directed by Robert G. Gardner, 1925-2014 and J. F. Staal, fl. 2010; produced by Robert G. Gardner, 1925-2014 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER)), 45 mins
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This film records a 12 day ritual performed by Mambudiri Brahmins in Kerala, southwest India, in April 1975. This event was possibly the last performance of the Agnicayana, a Vedic ritual of sacrifice dating back 3,000 years and probably the oldest surviving human ritual. This film records a 12 day ritual performed by Mambudiri Brahmins in Kerala, southwest India, in April 1975. This event was possibly the last performance of the Agnicayana, a Ve...
This film records a 12 day ritual performed by Mambudiri Brahmins in Kerala, southwest India, in April 1975. This event was possibly the last performance of the Agnicayana, a Vedic ritual of sacrifice dating back 3,000 years and probably the oldest surviving human ritual. This film records a 12 day ritual performed by Mambudiri Brahmins in Kerala, southwest India, in April 1975. This event was possibly the last performance of the Agnicayana, a Vedic ritual of sacrifice dating back 3,000 years and probably the oldest surviving human ritual. Long considered extinct and never witnessed by outsiders, the ceremonies require the participation of seventeen priests, involve libations of Soma juice and oblations of other substances, all preceded by several months of preparation and rehearsals. They include the construction, from a thousand bricks, of a fire altar in the shape of a bird. Around 1500 B.C., nomads who spoke an Indo-European language entered India and evolved a complex ritual involving the cults of fire and Soma, a hallucinogenic plant that grew in the Western Himalayas. Their Vedic language developed into Sanskrit, the classical language of Indian civilization. Among the later religions of India, Hinduism accepted and Buddhism rejected the Vedic culture. But both retained many of its ritual forms and recitations. Some of these have traveled all over Asia. Agni, the fire, is still worshipped with the help of Vedic mantras in Japanese Buddhist temples. In India itself, the preservation of the Agnicayana, though partly explained by the extraordinary conservatism of the Vedic Brahmins and their dedication to the culture of their spiritual ancestors, remains one of the miracles of history.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Robert G. Gardner, 1925-2014
Author / Creator
Robert G. Gardner, 1925-2014, J. F. Staal, fl. 2010
Date Published / Released
1976
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Topic / Theme
Nambudiri, Cultural change and history, Linguistics, Anthropology, Vedas, Religion, Religious rites and ceremonies, Ethnography
Copyright Message
by Documentary Educational Resources
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Animal Adoptor
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 96]: Serrano Field Trip Notes) (1922) , 1 page(s)
These handwritten, undated research notes on an unlined note card, titled "Animal adoptor" (with "Ceremonies brought back by animal adopted" as subheading), contain information about a Kaibab [Southern Paiute] tale, "How the Bear Dance Originated," as related by Edward Sapir. Additional citations are included. In...
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 96]: Serrano Field Trip Notes) (1922) , 1 page(s)
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These handwritten, undated research notes on an unlined note card, titled "Animal adoptor" (with "Ceremonies brought back by animal adopted" as subheading), contain information about a Kaibab [Southern Paiute] tale, "How the Bear Dance Originated," as related by Edward Sapir. Additional citations are included. In this story, a young man dreams he is a bear, so he goes into the bear's den until spring. He comes out with a bear-wife and sings the b...
These handwritten, undated research notes on an unlined note card, titled "Animal adoptor" (with "Ceremonies brought back by animal adopted" as subheading), contain information about a Kaibab [Southern Paiute] tale, "How the Bear Dance Originated," as related by Edward Sapir. Additional citations are included. In this story, a young man dreams he is a bear, so he goes into the bear's den until spring. He comes out with a bear-wife and sings the bear-dance song.
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Date Written / Recorded
1922
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Research notes
Contributor
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Author / Creator
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Topic / Theme
Dance and dancing, Religious rites and ceremonies, Southern Paiute
Copyright Message
Material sourced from the Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, Vassar College. Copyright © 2016 by Mary Catherine Bateson
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Chapter 5: Kindred and Marriage
written by Richard Feinberg; in Anuta: Polynesian Lifeways for the Twenty-First Century (Long Grove, IL: Waveland Press, Inc., 2004, originally published 2004)
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written by Richard Feinberg; in Anuta: Polynesian Lifeways for the Twenty-First Century (Long Grove, IL: Waveland Press, Inc., 2004, originally published 2004)
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Ethnography
Contributor
Richard Feinberg
Author / Creator
Richard Feinberg
Date Published / Released
2004
Publisher
Waveland Press, Inc.
Topic / Theme
Anutan, Field work for anthropology, Kinship nomenclature, Households, Extended family, In-laws, Religious rites and ceremonies, Childbirth, Life stages, Circumcisions, Weddings, Funerals, Anutans
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Copyright © 2004 by Waveland Press
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Apache
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 88], Folder 12. Notes) (1926) , 1 page(s)
Date: Unknown. Typewritten field notes about Apache, scalp dance, adultery and the punishments for committing adultery, the joking relationship, siblings.
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 88], Folder 12. Notes) (1926) , 1 page(s)
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Date: Unknown. Typewritten field notes about Apache, scalp dance, adultery and the punishments for committing adultery, the joking relationship, siblings.
Date Written / Recorded
1926
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Author / Creator
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Topic / Theme
Kin relationships, Religious rites and ceremonies, Infidelity, Apaches
Copyright Message
Material sourced from the Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, Vassar College. Copyright © 2016 by Mary Catherine Bateson
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April Blackman's funeral
produced by Banyan Productions (Trinidad and Tobago: Banyan Archive), 1 hour 15 mins
Prayers over the grave, shots of attendees.
Coffin wheeled out and put in hearse.
Ras Shorty I (Garfield Blackman) speaks and his family gathers around him.
April in her coffin as people file past.
Ras Shorty I (Garfield Blackman) sings at the graveside accompanied by family as grave is filled in.
Ras Shorty...
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produced by Banyan Productions (Trinidad and Tobago: Banyan Archive), 1 hour 15 mins
Description
Prayers over the grave, shots of attendees.
Coffin wheeled out and put in hearse.
Ras Shorty I (Garfield Blackman) speaks and his family gathers around him.
April in her coffin as people file past.
Ras Shorty I (Garfield Blackman) sings at the graveside accompanied by family as grave is filled in.
Ras Shorty I (Garfield Blackman) plays guitar and sings with family.
Mourners arrive at Williamsville Seventh Day Adventist church, singer sings...
Prayers over the grave, shots of attendees.
Coffin wheeled out and put in hearse.
Ras Shorty I (Garfield Blackman) speaks and his family gathers around him.
April in her coffin as people file past.
Ras Shorty I (Garfield Blackman) sings at the graveside accompanied by family as grave is filled in.
Ras Shorty I (Garfield Blackman) plays guitar and sings with family.
Mourners arrive at Williamsville Seventh Day Adventist church, singer sings and preacher preaches.
Hearse and procession on the road.
A recording of April singing one of her songs is played.
Coffin taken out of hearse and carried to graveside. Lowered into grave as gathering sings ABIDE WITH ME.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Banyan Productions
Publisher
Banyan Archive
Topic / Theme
Religious rites and ceremonies
Copyright Message
Copyright © . Used with permission of the Banyan Archive.
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Apu Condor (The Condor God)
written by Gianfranco Norelli, fl. 1980-2005; directed by Gianfranco Norelli, fl. 1980-2005; produced by Gianfranco Norelli, fl. 1980-2005 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1992), 30 mins
A unique and highly visual documentary that provides a detailed observation of the sacred Peruvian 'Yawar Fiesta of the Apu Condor'.
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written by Gianfranco Norelli, fl. 1980-2005; directed by Gianfranco Norelli, fl. 1980-2005; produced by Gianfranco Norelli, fl. 1980-2005 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1992), 30 mins
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A unique and highly visual documentary that provides a detailed observation of the sacred Peruvian 'Yawar Fiesta of the Apu Condor'. A unique and highly visual documentary that provides a detailed observation of the sacred Peruvian "Yawar Fiesta of the Apu Condor". The Fiesta takes place high in the Peruvian Andes in the tiny village of Cotabambas, an impoverished farming community where all the contradictions that characterize Peru's splintered...
A unique and highly visual documentary that provides a detailed observation of the sacred Peruvian 'Yawar Fiesta of the Apu Condor'. A unique and highly visual documentary that provides a detailed observation of the sacred Peruvian "Yawar Fiesta of the Apu Condor". The Fiesta takes place high in the Peruvian Andes in the tiny village of Cotabambas, an impoverished farming community where all the contradictions that characterize Peru's splintered culture and economy are thrown into relief. Five hundred years after the arrival of Columbus and the Spanish Conquistadores, the indigenous Andinos, descendents of the Incas still live under the feudal control of their Mestizo Landowners, the mixed blood descendents of the Spanish. The themes of social stratification, ritual reversal and political relationships are an integral aspect of this film which culminates in a dramatic adaptation of the classic Spanish bullfight.
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Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Gianfranco Norelli, fl. 1980-2005, Noemi Delgado, Juri Ortiz, Father Giacomo Bonaita, Julio Delgado, Rafo Montesinos, Dimas Gamarra
Author / Creator
Gianfranco Norelli, fl. 1980-2005
Date Published / Released
1992
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Speaker / Narrator
Gianfranco Norelli, fl. 1980-2005
Topic / Theme
Peruvian, Politics, Religious festivals, Social strata, Religious rites and ceremonies, Ethnography, Peruvians
Copyright Message
© Documentary Educational Resources
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Arapesh Customs
in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N97: Papua New Guinea, Folder 6: New Guinea. Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli. Mead and Fortune field trip, 1931-33. Field data. Arapesh. Notes Sorcery and magic and ?Tamberan) (District of Columbia) (1931) , 214 page(s)
Typewritten notes on Arapesh customs cover a wide range of topics, including war rituals, puberty rites, sex, divination, dreams, sorcery, witchcraft, taboos, omens, superstitions, mourning customs, initiations, yam customs, pregnancy, and charms and protective magic. In English and an indigenous language; with ad...
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in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N97: Papua New Guinea, Folder 6: New Guinea. Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli. Mead and Fortune field trip, 1931-33. Field data. Arapesh. Notes Sorcery and magic and ?Tamberan) (District of Columbia) (1931) , 214 page(s)
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Typewritten notes on Arapesh customs cover a wide range of topics, including war rituals, puberty rites, sex, divination, dreams, sorcery, witchcraft, taboos, omens, superstitions, mourning customs, initiations, yam customs, pregnancy, and charms and protective magic. In English and an indigenous language; with additional handwritten notations, possibly by Reo Fortune. Undated.
Date Written / Recorded
1931
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Reo Fortune, 1903-1979, Margaret Mead, 1901-1978
Author / Creator
Reo Fortune, 1903-1979, Margaret Mead, 1901-1978
Topic / Theme
Religious beliefs, Social customs, Magic, Religious rites and ceremonies, Arapesh
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Argonauts of the Western Pacific: An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea
written by Bronisław Malinowski, 1884-1942 (Long Grove, IL: Waveland Press, Inc., 1984, originally published 1922), 620 page(s)
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written by Bronisław Malinowski, 1884-1942 (Long Grove, IL: Waveland Press, Inc., 1984, originally published 1922), 620 page(s)
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
General reference book
Contributor
Bronisław Malinowski, 1884-1942
Author / Creator
Bronisław Malinowski, 1884-1942
Date Published / Released
1922, 1984
Publisher
Waveland Press, Inc.
Topic / Theme
New Guinean, Human description, Boats and ships, Economics, Field work for anthropology, Wicca, Sociology, Relationships, Sailing, Indonesians
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1984 by Waveland Press
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