Sigui synthèse, l'invention de la parole et de la mort (1980)

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 2H 3M

Director : Jean Rouch, Germaine Dieterlen

Synopsis

Sigui 1967-1973: invention de la parole et de la mort is a never-before-seen synthesis of the roaming ceremony of the Dogon people living in Mali, the Sigui. It is celebrated for seven years every sixty years, and it is to commemorate the first forefather’s death and funeral and the bestowal of speech to humans.

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Jean Rouch
Jean Rouch
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Germaine Dieterlen
Germaine Dieterlen
Director