Central Sudan, Southern Wadai (Kenga) -- Woman's Death Lament
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.260; E01359
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, black-and-white sound, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1964
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: women from a village in Chad gather in front of the deceased's homestead to sing songs of mourning. Close female relatives of the man who has died have shaved their heads and put ashes on them as a sign of mourning. The widow can be seen with a thick cloth belt around her waist. She and some of the other women improvise dance steps.
Legacy Keywords: Sudan ; Central Sudan, Southern Wadai ; Africa; Kenga