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Funeral at Bongo: The Death of Old Anai
Jean RouchGermaine Dieterlen

Funeral at Bongo: The Death of Old Anai

  • Documentary
RELEASE

1979-06-25

BUGET

N/A

LENGTH

70 min

Description

In 1972, the Dogon of the Bandiagara cliff in Mali celebrated the funeral of Anaï Dolo, head of the Bongo Masks Society, who died at the age of 122. On this occasion, the large Bongo mask, is erected and for twenty days, family members, elders, men from neighbouring villages purify the village.

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