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Ax Fight, The
- 1975 ----- color ----- 30 min ----- 16mm/vhs
- Tensions are high in a large Yanomamo village when a group of visitors from another village refuse to work and demand to be fed. A violent outburst occurs when a woman refuses to share plantains with one of the men visitors and he beats her with a stick. Her brother retaliates and several men end up fighting with clubs, machetes and axes. The incident is shown several times to illustrate various points including social behavior, kinship structure, etc.
- Topics: (Anthropology: Cultural)
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