FRANCE · 1979

Funeral at Bongo: The Death of Old Anai

Jean Rouch
French New Wave Dogon funeral rituals death and mourning indigenous mask traditions community purification ceremonies cultural leadership
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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.

Year1979
CountryFrance
DirectorJean Rouch
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