FRANCE · 1981
Sigui Synthesis: The Invention of Speech and Death
French New Wave
dogon rituals
oral tradition
death and mourning
human origins mythology
ceremonial performance
Synopsis
Sigui 1967-1973: invention de la parole et de la mort is a never-before-seen synthesis of the roaming ceremony of the Dogon people living in Mali, the Sigui. It is celebrated for seven years every sixty years, and it is to commemorate the first forefather’s death and funeral and the bestowal of speech to humans.
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