Rythms and Sacred Pomp in the Life of the Kabré in Northern Togo

Reference

473

Duration

00:26:00

Production year

1964

Versions

Original material

SD
4/3
Color
Sound

Director(s)

Raymond VERDIER

Summary

Major communal ceremonies for purification, exaltation of the forces of life and deliverance from hostile powers marking the very intense religious life of the Kabre, a mountain people in northern Togo.

Scientific topics

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