The Dogan tribe devotes its most important annual festival to a commemoration of those who died in the past year. The villagers put on sham attacks and perform war games in the village square. With dance movements, the warriors enact the accomplishments, or what might have been accomplishments, of their departed comrades. Women bring offerings for the relatives of the departed. The men, massed together, parade to the houses of those who departed within the past year. The festival concludes with the men drinking millet beer and the women dancing. (NYPL catalog)
Films » Annual Festival of the Dead
Annual Festival of the Dead
Alternative Title: N/A
Series Title: African Village Life
Summary:
Description:
Edited Film
Country/Location: Mali
Tribe or Group: Dogon
Director: Hermann Schlenker
Cinematographer: Hermann Schlenker
Production Company: IFF
Running Time: 14 min.
Years Filmed: 1965
Decade Produced: 1960s
Years Distributed: -1967
Film Gauge: 16mm
Stock: Safety
Footage Count: 507'
Sound: Un-narrated, Recorded On Location
Notes: All footage shot for IFF. The Original Camera Negative is owned by Hermann Schlenker. IFF does not own the OCN- returned to Schlenker after production of internegatives. There are 12 titles in the African Village Life Series.
