West Sudan, Middle Niger (Dogon) -- Festival in Commemoration of the Dead at Ningari
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.165; E01345
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film (Göttingen, Germany)
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content: Institut Für Den Wissenschaftlichen Filmen (IWF) Encyclopaedia Cinematographica film collection
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (17 minutes, color silent, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1965
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Edited film: at a dama for several deceased persons, mock fights are performed in front of the dead persons' houses. Guests of the ceremony dance on the roof terraces and sacrifice goats. At night the women dance before the doors of the death houses in honor of the deceased.
Legacy Keywords: Mali ; West Sudan, Middle Niger ; Africa; Dogon