Funeral at Bongo: The Death of Old Anai

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.

Country:

France,

Mali

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

70 minutes

Year:

1979

Director:

Jean Rouch

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Company:

CNRS Images,

Comité du film Éthnographique,

Institut de Recherches en Sciences Humaines,

SERDAV

Cast:

Crew:

Director

Director

Sound Assistant

Assistant Director

Assistant Editor