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Choqela: Only Interpretation

198712mJohn Cohen

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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.

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Central And South AmericaEthnographical

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What is Choqela: Only Interpretation (1987) about?

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.

How long is Choqela: Only Interpretation?

Choqela: Only Interpretation has a runtime of 12 min and premiered in 1987.

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