© IFAN - CNRS - CFE -1951

Rainmakers (The)

Reference

524

Duration

00:28:00

Production year

1951

Versions

Original material

HD
4/3
Sound

Director(s)

Jean ROUCH

Summary

A Yenendi ceremony near the village of Simiri, Niger. Every year, in the seventh month of the dry season, the Songhais hold this ceremony to pray for rain.

Scientific topics

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