West Africa, Upper Volta (Kasena) -- Rain Ceremonies
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.13; E00217
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 (3 minutes, color silent, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1955
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: shows how a rainmaker brings his rain magic from his own farm to keep the rain away. Includes a scene where a mediator calls out two crocodiles living in a sacred pond of rain. Since the animals are said to be the alter-egos of the earth god and his wife, the mediator sacrifices a chicken to each one.
Legacy Keywords: Burkino Faso ; West Africa, Upper Volta ; Africa; Kasena