The Sacred Sundance: The Transfer of a Ceremony

The Sacred Sundance: The Transfer of a Ceremony

0

This feature-length documentary chronicles the Sundance ceremony brought to Eastern Canada by William Nevin of the Elsipogtog First Nation of the Mi'kmaq. Nevin learned from Elder Keith Chiefmoon of the Blackfoot Confederacy in Alberta. Under the July sky, participants in the Sundance ceremony go four days without food or water. Then they will pierce the flesh of their chests in an offering to the Creator. This event marks a transmission of culture and a link to the warrior traditions of the past.

Similar movies

    Trick or Treaty?Taking AlcatrazNatsik HuntingAdonisMartin Luther King at Newcastle UniversityClub NativeNos restaurants : Une grande histoire françaiseCrazywiseThe Matrix: GenerationNo Word For WorrySweetheart DancersFor LoveThe AryansI'm Not Black, I'm Coloured: Identity Crisis at the Cape of Good HopeFrom Abdul To LeilaRed AutumnA Pinto for the PrinceAngels Gather HereBaraka