Beginning of the sextenary festival of the Sigui among the Dogon of the Bandiagara cliff in Mali. This first ceremony takes place at the village of Yougo Dogorou. The men, shaved and dressed in ritual clothes of the Sigui, enter the public square dancing the snake dance. They honor the terraces of the famous dead of the last sixty years and go to drink the sacramental millet beer.
December 1, 1967
Released
Sigui 1967: L'enclume de Yougo
37min
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Part of
Includes: Sigui 1967: L'enclume de Yougo, Sigui 1968: The Dancers of Tyogou, Sigui 1969: The Cave of Bongo, Sigui 1970: The Clamours of Amani, Sigui 1971: The Dune of Idyeli, Sigui 1972: The Loincloths of Yamé, Sigui 1973: The Canopy of Circumcision, Sigui Synthesis: The Invention of Speech and Death