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!ko-Buschmänner (Südafrika, Kalahari) - Aufhebung eines Speise-Verbotes

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Title
!ko-Buschmänner (Südafrika, Kalahari) - Aufhebung eines Speise-Verbotes
Alternative Title
!ko Bushmen (South Africa, Kalahari Desert) - Release of a Food Taboo
Author
License
No Open Access License:
German copyright law applies. This film may be used for your own use but it may not be distributed via the internet or passed on to external parties.
Identifiers
IWF SignatureE 1827
Publisher
Release Date1975
LanguageSilent film
Producer
Production Year1970

Technical Metadata

IWF Technical DataFilm, 16 mm, 65 m ; F, 6 min

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Genre
Abstract
German
German
Jäger kommen mit reicher Beute ins Dorf. Ein Stück Fleisch wird rituell geröstet und von einer Initiandin verspeist. Während des Kauens spuckt sie in die Hand ihrer Lehrerin, die den Speichel auf Bauch und Hals der Initiandin verreibt und sie dadurch von diesem Fleischverbot befreit.
English
English
Hunters, laden with meat, arrive in the village and are feted by the women. They are given water from ostrich-eggshell containers. A female initiate is led ceremonially from her isolation hut to "see" the meat. A hunter gives her teacher a piece, part of which is ritually roasted, sprinkled with scrapings from two medicines suspended in a bundle around her neck and fed to her; the rest is cooked. While chewing it, she spits on her teacher's hand who, with this saliva, massages the initiate's stomach and throat thus releasing her from this meat taboo.
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IWF Classification
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