Giraffe Dance / !Gwa Dance

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2002

22m

Documentary

Men and women of the !Kung people in Ojokhoe, Namibia perform healing dances by firelight. First we see men perform the giraffe dance, and then women perform the !gwa dance.

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Bradford Keeney

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danceafricaindigenousnamibiasingingkalaharibonfirehealing powerindigenous communitytraditional medicineindigenous peoples

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