N/um Tchai: The Ceremonial Dance of the !Kung Bushmen
N/um Tchai: The Ceremonial Dance of the !Kung Bushmen
0.0 N/um Tchai: The Ceremonial Dance of the !Kung Bushmen
1969, 20 m
Documentary
Tchai is the word used by Ju/'hoansi to describe getting together to dance and sing; n/um can be translated as medicine, or supernatural potency. In the 1950's, when this film was shot, Ju/'hoansi gathered for "medicine dances" often, usually at night, and sometimes such dances lasted until dawn.
Similar
The Panafrican Festival in Algiers
Documentary, Music
6.0
A Wife Among Wives
Documentary
6.0
Bobbi Jene
Documentary
5.8
Vytvorila dedina - Tancuje mesto
Documentary
0.0
Salsa Lives
Documentary, Music
6.0
Africa Blood and Guts
Documentary, Horror
6.4
The Light Fantastic
Documentary
3.0
Portrait of A Dancer
Documentary
0.0
Mariner of the Mountains
Documentary
6.6
Bye
Documentary
7.0
Pas d'excuses, pas de limites
Documentary
0.0
Africa's Lost Eden
Documentary
0.0
Dance on Film: BBC Introducing Arts
Drama, Music, Documentary
0.0
The Hunters
Documentary
6.1
A Common Experience
Drama, Documentary
0.0
Synergy: Visions of Vibe
Documentary, Music
0.0
Dawn of the Damned
Documentary, History, Drama
7.2
Stolen Spirits of Haida Gwaii
Documentary, TV Movie
0.0
Mobutu, King of Zaire
Documentary
6.7
Namibia: The Spirit of Wilderness
Documentary
6.8