The Feast
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| The Feast | |
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 "The Feast" |
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| Directed by | Tim Asch |
| Distributed by | Documentary Educational Resources |
| Release date(s) | 1970 |
| Running time | 29 min. |
| Country | U.S.A. |
| Language | English |
The Feast is a film by ethnographic filmmakers Tim Asch and Napoleon Chagnon.
Yanomamo feasts are ceremonial, social, economic, and political events. They are occasions for men to adorn their bodies with paint and feathers, to display their strength in dance and ritualized aggression; for trading partnerships to be established or affirmed; and for the creation or testing of alliances. In the feast filmed in 1968, the Patanowa-teri had invited the Mahekodo-teri to their village. The two groups had been allies until a few years before this event, when they had fought over the abduction of a woman. They now hoped to renew their broken alliance, which they did successfully. Soon after the filmed feast, the two villages together raided a common enemy. A detailed discussion of this feast, and of the significance of feasting among the Yanomamo, is found in chapter 4 of Chagnon's Yanomamo: The Fierce People. The film's graphic representation of reciprocity and exchange may enrich (and be enriched by) a reading of Marcel Mauss' The Gift.
The film is distributed by Documentary Educational Resources.
[edit] Awards & Festivals
- CINE Golden Eagle
- American Film Festival Blue Ribbon
- Flaherty Award
- Festival dei Popoli, Florence, Italy
- Venice International Art Film Festival
- International Folklore & Tourism Festival, Grand Prize
- Philadelphia International Festival of Short Films, Exceptional Merit
[edit] References
- Tim Asch & Napoleon Chagnon: The Feast. www.der.org. Retrieved on 2007-02-15.
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