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Description

1. 1 streaming video file (NTSC) (7 min.) : sd., b&w.

Summary

1. Filmed in the village of Barama. Mourning dances, called dodi or mutu, take place on the burial day of the deceased. Both men and women participate, dressed in festive attire. The dance movements are characterized by quick, energetic stamping steps, accompanied by an orchestra of flutes, rattles, and drums.

Series statement

1. Encyclopaedia cinematographica ; E 1362

Subject

1. Death dances
2. Funeral dances
3. Ritual and ceremonial dancing > Africa
4. Dance > Sudan
5. Kenga (African people)
6. Motion pictures > Kenga, Zentralsudan, Süd-Wadai

Call number

1. *MGZIDF 1629

Note

1. Filmed in 1964. Produced and distributed by the Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film, Göttingen, Germany.
2. English title: Kenga, Central Sudan, South Wadai; Mourning dances. For a descriptive pamphlet in German, with English summary, see: *MGS (General) Encyclopaedia cinematographica.

Access (note)

1. Patrons can access streaming video file online only on site at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Funding (note)

1. Preservation of this video was supported by a donation from Lynn Garafola.

Title

1. Kenga (Zentralsudan, Süd-Wadai) [electronic resource] : Trauertänze.

Imprint

1. 1964.

Series

1. Encyclopaedia cinematographica ; E 1362

Restricted access

1. Patrons can access streaming video file online only on site at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Funding

1. Preservation of this video was supported by a donation from Lynn Garafola.

Local note

1. Former call number: *MGZIC 9-2327

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Local subject

1. Motion pictures. Kenga, Zentralsudan, Süd-Wadai.
2. Kenga (African people)

Local subject

1. Ritual and ceremonial dancing -- Africa.
2. Funeral dances.
3. Death dances.

Research call number

1. *MGZIDF 1629