Weeding the Garden

Dedeheiwa the shaman weeds his manioc garden and clears the leaves around his plantains. Tired and sore, he rests while he is massaged and groomed by his wife and numerous children, with whom he plays affectionately. 

This film is part of the Yanomamö series, a collaborative project undertaken by filmmaker Timothy Asch and anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon between 1968 and 1971 to film the Yanomamö Indians of southern Venezuela and northern Brazil. 

Weeding the Garden was restored by DER with funding from the National Film Preservation Foundation.

This film is available on the Yanomamö Shorts compilation two-disc DVD set. 

Disc One: Arrow Game, Children's Magical Death, Climbing the Peach Palm, A Father Washes His Children, Firewood, A Man and His Wife Make a Hammock, Tapir Distribution,Tug-of-War and Weeding the Garden.

Disc Two (Slopticals): Dedeheiwä Rests in His Garden, Children Roasting Meat, A Woman Spins, Children Make a Toy Hammock, Sand Play, Playing in the Rain, Mouth Wrestling, and Young Shaman.