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Description

1. 1 streaming video file (NTSC) (25 min.) : sd., col.

Summary

1. Filmed in the village of Pelesi. Dances by young men being initiated into the leopard society are followed by a pantomime in which three men dressed as leopards attack and "kill" a man, who is restored to life by the leopard society's magic remedies.

Series statement

1. Encyclopaedia cinematographica ; E 1556

Subject

1. Dance -- Côte d'Ivoire
2. Côte d'Ivoire -- Rites and ceremonies
3. Motion pictures. Njedebua (Westafrika, Elfenbeinküste)
4. Initiation dances
5. Animal dances
6. Medicine dance

Call number

1. *MGZIDF 1619

Language

1. German

Note

1. Filmed in 1968. Produced and directed by the Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film, Göttingen, Germany.
2. English title: Njedebua, West Africa, Ivory Coast; Dance and pantomime of the leopard society. 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.

Local note

1. Former call number: *MGZIC 9-2317

Title

1. Njedebua (Westafrika, Elfenbeinküste) [electronic resource] : Tanz und Pantomime des Leopardenbundes.

Imprint

1. 1968.

Series

1. Encyclopaedia cinematographica ; E 1556

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.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Local subject

1. Motion pictures. Njedebua (Westafrika, Elfenbeinküste).

Local subject

1. Initiation dances.
2. Animal dances.
3. Medicine dance.

Research call number

1. *MGZIDF 1619