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⏲ Duration: 12 min 68 sec ✓ Published: 02-Jul-2013
Description: This ethnographic film portrays the Lutu Chuktiwa (Cutting the Cord) ceremony of the Yoeme (Yaqui) Indians.Filming in Potam Pueblo, one of the eight original pueblos of the Yoeme people in Sonora, Mexico, Dr. David Shorter was the first to record the Lutu Chuktiwa, which takes place one year after someone's death to release the family and community from mourning.After completing a rough cut of the film, Shorter then took the footage to Yoeme communities in Arizona, providing viewers handheld
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