Director Neil G. Munro, the Royal Anthropological Institute
Country/Production UK
Release 2001
Length 27 mins
Format B&W / DVD / PAL / All region
Location Japan / Asia
Ethnic Group Ainu
Order No RAI-200.1
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The RAI has reedited the original film of this ceremony among the Ainu people of Japan. In the bear ceremony, now no longer performed, a specially reared bear was reverently killed and its flesh and blood eaten by the participants. The film shows a series of ritual acts with some commentary on their meaning.
