Rites and Ceremonies
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: B-5

 G 2 FON IL 72
name: label: Photographer
content: Livingstone, Ivan
label: Collection Photographer
content: Livingstone, Ivan
place: label: Place
content: Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Republic of Benin -- Photographs
label: Topic
content: Ritual and celebration -- Photographs
label: Topic
content: Rites and ceremonies -- Africa
creator: label: Photographer
content: Livingstone, Ivan
culture: label: Culture
content: Edo (African people)
label: Culture
content: Fon (African people)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Ivan Livingstone photographs
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Slides (photographs) (col.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1972
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Slides (photographs)
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The ritual of the Celestial Church of Christ. Celebrated prior to Christmas i.e., the 23 and 24 of december on the beaches of Dahomey december 1973. It was a 3-5 day ceremony with participants coming from various parts of the West African Coast, i.e., Dahomey, Togo, Nigeria, and Ghana. The rhythm was African, the animation was African but the symbols were European. It ended with a baptism in the sea. The date on the slide is MAY 73.