(Funérailles dogon du professeur Marcel Griaule)

Content: A peaceful farming community of 220,000 people, millet beer, dolo, assault on the terrace of the deceased, a mannequin effigy representing the deceased is erected on the roof of the dead man's house. It is dressed in the clothes he wore during his stays in the country. The remains remained in France, but the Dogon people wanted to symbolically bury their friend, whose soul must rest symbolically among them. They placed another effigy representing the corpse on a stretcher and wrapped it in the blanket of the dead. The body of the deceased is covered with the skin of a ram that the priests sacrificed in memory of Griaule. The remains are transported to the dam that the professor had built. Mourners then gather at the burial necropolis above the dam.

Countries:

France

Genres:

Documentary

Runtime:

15 minutes

Year:

1956

Directors:

François Di Dio

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