Description |
1 online resource (71 min.) |
Series |
Ethnographic video online, volume 2 |
Summary |
In the 21st century, many ancestral beliefs are struggling to survive in a hostile, fast-changing world. In southeast Côte d'Ivoire, some Akan communities still make contact with the spirits through Komians or animistic priests who go into a trance and are possessed by the spirits of the Forest and the Waters. In Return to the Land of Souls, Yéo Douley, a disciple of Jean Marie Addiaffi, will set out on a journey to visit his master's grave and carry out a ritual libation. On his travel, he will attend the initiation rites of three people chosen by the spirits and witness one of them proclaimed as the new Komian, or high animistic priest |
Notes |
Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 6, 2014) |
Event |
Recorded in Côte d'Ivoire in 2010 |
Notes |
This edition in French with English subtitles |
Subject |
Animism -- Côte d'Ivoire
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Akan (African people) -- Rites and ceremonies.
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Akan (African people) -- Rites and ceremonies.
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Animism.
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Manners and customs.
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SUBJECT |
Côte d'Ivoire -- Social life and customs
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Subject |
Côte d'Ivoire.
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Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Documentary films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Documentaires.
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Films autres que de fiction.
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Form |
Streaming video
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Author |
Esteva, Jordi, 1951- film director, film producer, screenwriter.
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Douley, Yéo, contributor.
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Siwa Productions, production company.
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Documentary Educational Resources (Firm), publisher.
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