"Los Voladores" (The Flyers) is a 1500 year old rite performed by the Totonac Indians of eastern Mexico. Sacred to Quetzalcoatl, the ritual is at the spiritual heart of Mexico. Combines Mexican Indian dance, music, poetry and art in a meditation on our place in nature, on how to keep the world in balance by our lives.
"A film by Bruce 'Pacho' Lane"-- Original cassette label and container. 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.
Awards
First Prize, Festival of Films on Native Americans (Mexico City, 1985); First Prize, International Festival on Culture & Psychiatry; Blue Ribbon, The American Film Festival, etc.
