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Produced by the Archaeological Museum of the Central Bank of Ecuador and Lauris McKee. 1987.
ISBN: ?
Summary
Explores the origins and symptoms of the folk illness, mal aire, a serious malady that frequently afflicts children living in the Ecuadorian Andes. Mothers and folk healers describe and demonstrate a number of protective strategies and rituals that "clean" the body, ridding it of the evil force. This tape provides insight into the principles underlying Andean ethnomedical beliefs.
Descript
1 videocassette (22 min.) : sd., color ; 1/2 in
In English and Spanish with English subtitles.
Series
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Cast
Produced and directed by Lauris McKee.
Subject Ecuador
Traditional cure methods and belief
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