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Funeral at Bongo: The Death of Old Anai

Funeral at Bongo: The Death of Old Anai

1979 · 70 min · ★ 7.0 · Documentary

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.

Directed by Germaine Dieterlen

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