"The third year of the sixty-year cycle of Sigui ceremonies among the Dogon. Bongo is a plateau village above the plain of Gondo. The olubaru go into retreat in a cave to prepare for the ritual of communal drink, song, and dance."
"Indiqué sur la jaquette : Les cérémonies du Sigui, célébrées tous les soixante ans pendant sept années successives par les Dogons de la falaise de Bandiagara au Mali, commémorent la révélation de la parole orale aux hommes ainsi que la mort et les funérailles du premier ancêtre. La troisième année des fêtes a lieu au village de Bongo. Avant la fête les anciens de Bongo se réunissent ; dans la caverne du Sigui, où les dignitaires du Sigui, les Olubaru, ont fait retraite, les jeunes gens taillent des rhombes qui reproduiront la voix de l'ancêtre ; les anciens rafraîchissent les peintures de l'autel de l'ancêtre-serpent, les hommes peignent les crosses-sièges en rouge ; les quatre grands masques représentant l'ancêtre sont dressés devant la caverne. Pour la cérémonie toutes les générations d'hommes, en costume de Sigui, sont réunies par rang d'âge le long de l'entrée de la caverne, devant le champ de lignage ; les anciens distribuent la bière de mil communielle ; la danse du Sigui est exécutée autour du champ de lignage par classe d'âge, ponctuée par les tirades en langue secrète du Sigui et les tambours (rythme du chemin, rythme du Sigui)."
"La fête du Sigui est célébrée tous les soixante ans par les villages dogons de la falaise de Bandiagara. En février 1969 elle se déroule au village de Bongo. Le film présente la préparation de la danse du Sigui qui réunit tous les individus mâles du village regroupés par classe d'âge sous la direction des anciens de la fête précédente."
Ecole pratique des hautes études (Paris). Laboratoire audiovisuel.
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Danse Aspect religieux Mali Bandiagara, Plateau de (Mali) DVD.
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Dogon (peuple d'Afrique) Mali Bandiagara, Plateau de (Mali) Moeurs et coutumes DVD.
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Mythologie dogon Mali Bandiagara, Plateau de (Mali) DVD.
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