Sigui 1971 – La Dune d’Idyeli
1971
France
53 minutes
no words
The fifth year of the Sigui ceremonies, celebrated every sixty years by the Dogons of the Bandiagara cliffs, Mali, takes place in the village of Idyeli. On the eve of the celebration, all men climb a dune opposite the cliff and bury themselves in a kind of burrow. The next morning they come out and purify themselves at the village spring, then put on women clothes and come dancing into the village square.
Production :
Comité du Film ethnographique CFE; CNRS Images
Comité du Film ethnographique CFE; CNRS Images
Distribution :
Comité du Film ethnographique CFE
Comité du Film ethnographique CFE
Editing :
Philippe Luzuy
Philippe Luzuy