Central Africa, Basse Kotto (Banda) -- Excision Ceremonies
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.32; E00458
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 (9 minutes, color silent, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1959
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: girls who are ready for the excision ceremony appear with their female relatives before the specialist who will perform the operation. Once the excisions are over, the girls don dresses made of leaf material and take part in the singing and dancing which lasts the entire day. After a month of solitude another festival takes place and the excised girls now wear the dresses of women.
Legacy Keywords: Central African Republic ; Central Africa, Basse Kotto ; Africa; Banda