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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.
Weeding the Garden was restored by DER with funding from the National Film Preservation Foundation.
This film is included on the Yanomamö Shorts compilation DVD. This two-disc set includes the following remastered titles on Disc One: Arrow Game, Children's Magical Death, Climbing the Peach Palm, A Father Washes His Children, A Man and His Wife Make a Hammock and Weeding the Garden. Also included on Disc One: Firewood, Tapir Distribution and Tug-of-War. Disc Two includes: 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.
Films in the Yanomamö series:
Arrow Game *†
A Father Washes His Children *†
Firewood *
Jaguar, a Yanomamö Twin Cycle Myth
A Man and His Wife Make a Hammock *†
A Man Called Bee: Studying the Yanomamö †
Moonblood: A Yanomamö Creation Myth †
Myth of Naro, as told by Dedeheiwä
Myth of Naro, as told by Kaobawä
Yanomamö: A Multidisciplinary Study
* included on the Yanomamö Shorts compilation
† included in the Yanomamö Films: Remastered, Vol. 1 set
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