West Africa, Ivory Coast (Dan) -- The "Medi" Dancers From Biatuo
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.115; E01532
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 (11 minutes, color sound, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1968
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: the Medi dancers of Biatuo are supposed to be the best male dancers of the Ivory Coast and have even performed in the United States. Here the performers imitate "the slowly walking frog," "the lamb following its mother in leaps and bounds," and many more artistic steps.
Legacy Keywords: Ivory Coast ; West Africa, Ivory Coast ; Africa; Dan