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Mammy water in search of the water spirits in Nigeria

Mammy Water is a water deity worshipped in Nigeria. The film features Mammy Water rituals and interviews with Igbo and Ijaw devotees and their leaders.

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  • "In search of the water spirits in Nigeria"@en

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  • "Mammy Water is a water deity worshipped in Nigeria. The film features Mammy Water rituals and interviews with Igbo and Ijaw devotees and their leaders."@en
  • "Documentaire présentant le culte de Mammy Water, déesse de l'eau au Nigeria, avec ses rituels présidés surtout par des femmes qui sont aussi prophètes, médiums et guérisseures. Entrevues avec des fidèles et des officiantes des esprits de l'eau. Les personnifications de Mammy Water (souvent le python, le premier être de la création) ; une initiation dans la société de l'eau."
  • "The film features Mammy Water rituals and interview with devotees and their leaders. Mammy Waters is a water deity worshiped in Nigeria."
  • "The film features Mammy Water rituals and interview with devotees and their leaders. Mammy Waters is a water deity worshiped in Nigeria."@en
  • "The film features Mammy Water rituals and interviewies with devotes and their leaders. Mammy Waters is a water deity worshiped in Nigeria."@en
  • "Mammy Water is a pidgen English name for a local water goddess worshipped by the Ibibio, Ijaw, and Igbo speaking peoples of southeastern Nigeria. This acclaimed documentary shows numerous rituals and ceremonies associated with Mammy Water, while devotees provide commentary -- Container."@en
  • "The film features Mammy Water rituals and interviews with Igbo and Ijaw devotees and their leaders. Mammy Water is a water deity worshiped in Nigeria."
  • "The film features Mammy Water rituals and interviews with Igbo and Ijaw devotees and their leaders. Mammy Water is a water deity worshiped in Nigeria."@en
  • "Mammy Water is a pidgin English name for a local water goddess worshipped by the Ibibio, Ijaw, and Igbo speaking peoples of southeastern Nigeria. The water goddess traditionally gives wealth and children, compensates for hardships, and is sought in times of illness and need, especially by women. Her various cults are led, predominantly, by priestesses."
  • "Indiqué sur la jaquette : Mammy Water is a pidgin English name for a local water goddess worshipped by the Ibibio, Ijaw, and Igbo speaking peoples of southeastern Nigeria. The water goddess traditionally gives wealth and children, compensates for hardships, and is sought in times of illness and need, especially by women. Her various cults are led, predominantly, by priestesses. This acclaimed documentary shows numerous rituals and ceremonies associated with Mammy Water, while devotees provide commentary. This is an important depiction of the strength of traditional religion in contemporary Nigeria and one of the few academically sound investigations of the role of women in an African spiritual movement."

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  • "Documentary"@en
  • "documentaire"
  • "Films ethnographiques"
  • "Documentary films"
  • "Documentary films"@en
  • "Ethnographic films"@en

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  • "Mammy water in search of the water spirits in Nigeria"
  • "Mammy water in search of the water spirits in Nigeria"@en
  • "Mammy Water: In Search of the Water Spirits in Nigeria"@en
  • "Mammy Water : in search of the water spirits in Nigeria"
  • "Mammy Water in search of the water spirit"
  • "Mammy Water in search of the water spirits in Nigeria"@en
  • "Mammy Water in search of the water spirits in Nigeria"