The saint with two faces.

Other author Drion, Georges, director.
Other author Henley, Paul, director.
Format Video (Streaming)
Publication InfoLondon, UK : Royal Anthropological Institute, 2011, 1988.
Description1 online resource (42 min.).
Supplemental Contenthttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=http://www.aspresolver.com/aspresolver.asp?ANTH;1871125
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Variant title Saint with two faces. Part II : Cuyagua
SeriesEthnographic video online, volume 2
Cuyagua ; part II
Abstract The Feast of St John the Baptist begins two or three weeks after Corpus Christi, on June 23rd. According to biblical tradition, St John lived in the desert, renouncing the pleasures of this world. But the people of Cuyagua think of him as a flamboyantly dressed young man, with a passion for making merry. Although men provide drum music and join in the dancing, the celebration of St John's Feast is a predominantly female affair in Cuyagua, based on a large body of women's songs. The Saint with Two Faces introduces some of the leading women followers of St John, both at work cleaning the beach for tourists, and at home with their children. A group of these women describe their beliefs about St John and the way in which they organise his Feast. But these preliminary scenes also serve to establish the themes that will underlie the Feast itself - an extraordinary conjunction of the sacred and the profane, of celebration and mourning.
General noteTitle from resource description page (viewed Feb. 27, 2013).
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded in 1986.
Other formsPreviously released as DVD.
LanguageThis edition in Spanish and English with English subtitles.
Genre/formNonfiction films.

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