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Choqela: Only Interpretation

Choqela: Only Interpretation

1987•12m•Documentary

This provocative and profound film documents the Choqela ceremony, an agricultural ritual and song of the Aymara Indians of Peru. By offering several different translations of the proceedings, the film acknowledges the problems of interpretation as an inherent dilemma of anthropology.

John Cohen · Director

StatusReleased
Runtime12m
LanguageEN
Release DateJan 1, 1987

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