Funeral at Bongo: The Death of Old Anai
1979· 1h 10m
Documentary
Directed by Germaine Dieterlen, Jean Rouch
7.0/ 10
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Overview
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.
