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Synopsis

Rites and operation of the circumcision of thirty Songhai children on the Niger. Material of this film has been used to make "Les Fils de l'Eau".

Year1949
CountryFrance
DirectorJean Rouch
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circumcision ritual · Songhai culture · coming of age ceremony · ethnographic documentary · Niger