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N/um Tchai: The Ceremonial Dance of the !Kung Bushmen
N/um Tchai: The Ceremonial Dance of the !Kung Bushmen
Documentary 01/01/1969

N/um Tchai: The Ceremonial Dance of the !Kung Bushmen (1969)

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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.

John Marshall

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