This short film, shot in 1957-58, presents the N/um Tchai, or medicine dance of the Ju/'hoansi. The film opens with a brief introduction to the role of n/um (supernatural or spiritual medicine) in ...
Growing up in the snow mountains -- Recruited at Kimberley -- Enter Paddy Hepston -- Disappearance to Australasia or the far east? -- The dancing bushman in London -- Dancing in Cambridge and Paris -- ...