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Sigui 1967: L'enclume de Yougo

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Sigui 1967: L'enclume de Yougo
NR 37 minDocumentarySigui Synthesis Collection PosterPart of Sigui Synthesis Collection
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.
DirectorsJean RouchGermaine DieterlenGilbert Rouget

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Original Language:English

Sigui Synthesis Collection

A 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.