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Bisha [electronic resource] : the awesome fire test / / Lily Films ; produced & directed by Elia Sides, Nira Sherman-Sides ; anthropologist & consultant, Joseph Ginat

Published
New York, Ny : Filmakers Library, 1997.
Physical Description
1 streaming video file (52 min.).
Additional Creators
Ginat, J., Hyman, Gerald F., Sherman-Sides, Nira, Sides, Elia, Filmakers Library, inc, and Lily Films
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Language Note
This edition in Arabic with English subtitles.
Summary
"The Bisha ceremony is the ultimate ordeal for revealing the truth. Suspects lick a white-hot iron pan with their tongues. If they are scorched, it shows they are lying: if not, they have unequivocally proven their innocence"--Original container.
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Note
AVAILABLE ONLINE TO AUTHORIZED PSU USERS.
Other Forms
Previously released as DVD.
Reproduction Note
Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2012. (Ethnographic video online). Available via World Wide Web.
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