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".
Genre: Documentary
Stars:
Crew: Jean Rouch (Director), Claude Jutra (Co-Director), Petit Touré (Sound Assistant), Alfa Mossi (Technical Advisor), Roger Morillière (Co-Director), Damouré Zika (Technical Advisor)
Country: Canada, France, Niger
Language: Français
Studio: Office Nigérien du Film, I.F.A.N. Niamey, Rep. Niger, ONF | NFB, Comité du film Éthnographique
Runtime: 1:47:31 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: May 07, 1962
IMDb: 10
Keywords:niger, ethnographic film
