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Zulu (South Africa, Natal) - Magico-medical Customs at Birth   [Title Translation]

Zulu (Südafrika, Natal) - Magisch-medizinisches Brauchtum bei der Geburt   [Other Title]
Year of origin: 1973
Genre: Documentary Film
Locations of shooting: n/a

Credits
Distributor: IWF (Göttingen)
Author: Horst Uhlig
Producer: Alfons Michael Dauer
First released by: IWF (Göttingen)
Production company: IWF (Göttingen)
Editing: Claus Goemann


Keywords: Zulu, Brauchtum, Divination, Diviner, Ethnomedizin, Geburt, Geburt im Knien, Geburtshilfe, HeilmittelHeiltanz, Lebenskreis, Mensch, Südafrika, Tanz, Zauberarzt, birth, circle of life, custom, Dance, ethnomedicine, South Africa
An elderly woman witch doctor prepares from different tubers and roots the medicine imbhelethisane for pregnant women. When the mixture is boiling, the doctor performs with her female assistant a short song and dance. The way of application of the medicine is then demonstrated on a little girl. The central part of the film shows the spontaneous birth of a Zulu child with the mother in a kneeling position, and the measures taken by the midwife immediately after parturition. The film concluds with the traditional burying of the placenta.

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