Hampi 1962
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A ritual vase, the hampi, is placed in the center of the Musée de plein air de la République du Niger in Niamey, during a ritual ceremony featuring possession dances. With this film, Jean Rouch continues his ethnological and cinematographic study of Songhay ritual objects. He demonstrates that, in a particular context, the transfer of a hampi vase to a museum requires the organization of a ritual ceremony to obtain the gods' approval. At the time, however, reservations about filming a possession dance for the opening of a shrine in a museum made the move "questionable from a museological point of view".
- Released: 1962-05-07
- Runtime: 0 minutes
- Genre: Documentary
- Stars:
- Director: Jean Rouch, Gamatie Sorko, Oumarou Ganda, Idrissa Maiga, Roger Morillière
