Mammy Water
"Mammy Water" is mother sea, source of food. Jean Rouch filmed this short documentary in the Gulf of Guinea, in Ghana, where is held a colorful festival, the Chama, in which the participants offer cassava, gin and tobacco to the spirits of water and sacrifice a white ox to thank them and express their gratitude and respect.
- Year : 1953
- Country : France
- Genre : Documentary
- Studio : Les Films de la Pléiade
- Keyword : ritual, africa, ritual sacrifice, ghana
- Director : Jean Rouch
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