Sigui 1973: The Canopy of Circumcision

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Sigui 1973: The Canopy of Circumcision
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The seventh year of the Sigui ceremonies, celebrated every sixty years by the Dogons of the Bandiagara cliffs, Mali.
DirectorJean Rouch

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Original Language:English

Sigui Synthesis Collection

A 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.