Funeral at Bongo: The Death of Old Anai (1979)

In 1972, the Dogon of the Bandiagara cliff in Mali celebrated the funeral of Anaï Dolo, head of the Bongo Masks Society, who died at the age of 122. On this occasion, the large Bongo mask, is erected and for twenty days, family members, elders, men from neighbouring villages purify the village.

• Release Date: 1979-06-25
• Runtime: 1h 10min
• Production Company: CNRS Images
• Production Country: France, Mali
• Directors: Germaine Dieterlen, Jean Rouch.