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Sigui Synthesis: The Invention of Speech and Death

1981 · 2 hrs 3 mins

Sigui 1967-1973: invention de la parole et de la mort is a never-before-seen synthesis of the roaming ceremony of the Dogon people living in Mali, the Sigui. It is celebrated for seven years every sixty years, and it is to commemorate the first forefather’s death and funeral and the bestowal of speech to humans.

Directors: Germaine Dieterlen, Jean Rouch