Funeral at Bongo: The Death of Old Anai
1979, French. Directed by Jean Rouch & Germaine Dieterlen.
In 1972, the Dogon of the Bandiagara cliff in Mali celebrated the funeral of Anaï Dolo, head of the Bongo Masks Society, who died at the age of 122. On this occasion, the large Bongo mask, is erected and for twenty days, family members, elders, men from neighbouring villages purify the village.
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- French
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- Released
- 25 June 1979
- Original title
- Funerailles A Bongo: Le Vieux Anai
- Country
- France, Mali
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Funeral at Bongo: The Death of Old Anai (1979) was directed by Jean Rouch and Germaine Dieterlen.