Hampi
A ritual vase, the hampi, is placed in the center of the Musée de plein air de la République du Niger in Niamey, during a ritual ceremony featuring possession dances. With this film, Jean Rouch continues his ethnological and cinematographic study of Songhay ritual objects. He demonstrates that, in a particular context, the transfer of a hampi vase to a museum requires the organization of a ritual ceremony to obtain the gods' approval. At the time, however, reservations about filming a possession dance for the opening of a shrine in a museum made the move "questionable from a museological point of view".
Year: 1962
Genre: Documentary
Studio: Office Nigérien du Film, I.F.A.N. Niamey, Rep. Niger, ONF | NFB, Comité du film Éthnographique
Director: Jean Rouch
Cast:
Crew: Jean Rouch (Director), Gamatie Sorko (Technical Advisor), Oumarou Ganda (Sound Assistant), Idrissa Maiga (Sound Assistant), Roger Morillière (Co-Director), Alfa Mossi (Technical Advisor)
Keyword : niger, ethnographic film
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