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Archival Materials
Daniel Halperin videos of Afro-Brazilian traditions in Maranhão, Northern Brazil
Creators:
Halperin, Daniel
Dates:
1991
Size:
Video recordings (color sound)
Sound recordings
Sound recordings
Collection ID:
HSFA.1992.04
Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives
Full video record of Afro-Brazilian traditions from Maranhão, Brazil. Documentation includes: chanting, drumming, and trance-possession dancing in the Tambor de Mina tradition in Sao Luis, the capital city of the northern Brazilian state of Maranhão. The rituals of this tradition exhibit some similarities with other more well-known Afro-Brazilian religions such …