Initiation des Novizen Kanyi in den Mami Wata-Kult (Ewe, Süd-Togo)
Film et Vidéo
- Auteurs : Wendel Tobias ; Weise Daniela ;
- Editeurs : Göttingen Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film [éd., distrib.] ;
- Date d'édition : 1989
- Sujets : Possession par les esprits -- DVD -- Togo, Danse, Rites d'initiation, Éwé (peuple d'Afrique), Togo -- Religion -- DVD, Films ethnographiques DVD Togo
- Langue(s) : Allemand, Indéterminée
- Description matérielle : 1 DVD zone 0 (28 min 36 s), : Coul., PAL, son.
- Pays de publication : Allemagne
- Collection (notice d'ensemble) : Geisteswissenschaften Humanities
- N° de référence commerciale : D1691
Notes
Version en langue originale et en allemand ; Tournage : Lomé, Togo, 1986
Résumé
Since his birth, the factory worker Kanyi has been plagued by the Mami Wata Spirit. To free himself from the spirit, he enters the Mami Wata Cult. The ritual begins at night with the packing a sacrifice bundle and a dance, among other things. After a three-week period of seclusion, he reappears. Again, at night he dances for the first time in front of his relatives. On the next day he is accepted into the congregation of priests with another novice. Possessed by Mami Wata and other spirits, he dances in front of the cult community. (Cf. Films D 1678 and W 2060).