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Films
found one film
Year of production
“1931”
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films with a digital version
1
short films
1
Region
Central Asia and Far East
1
Country
Japan
1
Keywords
Animals
1
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
1
Ritual
1
Directors
Munro, Neil G.
1
Series
not set
1
Country of production
United Kingdom
1
Year of production
1931
1
x
Film
The Ainu Bear Ceremony
1931
27
‘
Directed by
Neil G. Munro
.
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 meaning.
Central Asia and Far East
Ritual
Animals
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
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