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Cashinawa (Amazon Region, Upper Purus) - Fishing Expedition and Ensuing Festival   [Title Translation]

Kaschinaua (Amazonasgebiet, Oberer Purus) - Fischzug und anschließendes Fest   [Other Title]
Year of origin: 1951
Genre: Documentary Film
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Production company: Harald Schultz (São Paulo)
First released by: IWF (Göttingen)
Distributor: IWF (Göttingen)
Author: Harald Schultz


Keywords: Kaschinaua, Bogen, Farbe, Farbstoff, Federschmuck, Festtanz, Feuerbohren, Fisch, Fisch, Fisch, Fisch, Fischen mit Gift, Fischfang, Fischkonservierung, Fischschießen, Gemeinschaftsarbeit, Gifte, Körperbemalung, Nasenstab, Pfeil, Sammelwirtschaft, Schmuck, Tanz, Urucú, arrow, body painting, bow, Cashinawa, colour, Dance, dye, feast dance, feather decoration, fire, fire drilling, fish, fishing, fishing with poison, gathering, handicraft, jewellery, poisons, teamwork, urucu, ['Feuer', 'Feuer']
In preparation of a common catch of fish, the poisonous leaves of cultivated báka bushes are picked in the vicinity of a Kaschinaua village and, later on, the leaves are pulverized in mortars in the village. Following this, men, women and children walk upstream for three days until they reach a spot on the river which is particularly abundant with fish. Here the baskets containing the pulverized báka leaves are immersed and emptied into the water. The "fish poison" dissolves in the river water. Further downstream the Kaschinaua wait for the poisoned fish. The men kill the stunned fish by means of bow and arrow; women and children collect the dead fish. After this, one man kindles a flame by the drilling method to light a fire and then the caught fishes are gradually smoked on a grate which is positioned above the fire. After having returned to the village, both men and women dress up to hold a feast. The men dance in a long row through the houses and on the village square.

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