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FRANCE · 1951
Cemeteries in the Cliff
Jean Rouch
Dogon culture
funerary rites
Mali
Bandiagara cliffs
ritual practices
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Synopsis
Dogon funerary rites in the village of Ireli at the foot of the Bandiagara cliffs, Mali.
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