FRANCE · 1971

Sigui 1971: The Dune of Idyeli

Jean Rouch
French New Wave Dogon culture ritual ceremony ethnographic documentary Mali oral tradition
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The fifth year of the Sigui ceremonies, celebrated every sixty years by the Dogons of the Bandiagara cliffs, Mali, takes place in the village of Idyeli.

Year1971
CountryFrance
DirectorJean Rouch
Sigui 1971: The Dune of Idyeli poster

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