The Ainu bear ceremony.

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...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Corporate Author: Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (Producer)
Other Authors: Munro, Neil Gordon, 1863-1942 (Director)
Format: Electronic Video
Language:English
Published: London, UK : Royal Anthropological Institute, 2001
Series:Ethnographic video online ; volume 2
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