DER Documentary

Tug-Of-War, Yanomamo

From the Yanomamo series
by Timothy Asch and Napoleon Chagnon
color, 9 min, 1975

Pricing information and conditions

The playful side of Yanomamo life is shown on a day during the rainy season when women and children of the village play a game of tug-of-war. (See Tug-of-War, Bushmen)

This film is included on the Yanomamo Shorts compilation DVD.

Other films in the Yanomamo series:
Arrow Game
The Ax Fight
Bride Service
Children's Magical Death
Climbing the Peach Palm
A Father Washes His Children
The Feast
Firewood
Jaguar, a Yanomamo Twin Cycle Myth
Magical Death
A Man and His Wife Make a Hammock
Man Called Bee: Studying the Yanomamo
Moonblood: A Yanomamo Creation Myth
Myth of Naro, as told by Dedeheiwa
Myth of Naro, as told by Kaobawa
New Tribes Mission
Ocamo is My Town
Tapir Distribution
Weeding the Garden
Yanomamo: A Multidisciplinary Study
Yanomamo of the Orinoco