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Mammy Water

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  • Genres: Documentary
  • Release Date: 01/01/1953
  • Duration : 19 minutes
  • Director: Jean Rouch
  • Production: Les Films de la Pléiade
  • Country: France
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Overview:

"Mammy Water" is mother sea, source of food. Jean Rouch filmed this short documentary in the Gulf of Guinea, in Ghana, where is held a colorful festival, the Chama, in which the participants offer cassava, gin and tobacco to the spirits of water and sacrifice a white ox to thank them and express their gratitude and respect.

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