Im Dorf Barama tanzt die Trauergemeinde vor dem Gehöft des Verstorbenen zum Orchester, bestehend aus Flöten, Rasseln und Trommeln; kurze Phasen von Paartanz.

The film shows the mutu-dance, one of the traditional Kenga mourning-dances, at fulll length. The mutu-dance takes place in front of the homestead of the deceased, it is one of the great mourning-dances taking place in the afternoon before the burial. All the inhabitants of the village as well as guests from the surrounding villages take part in it. Everybody is in festive attire, the men are armed. As a sign of mourning serveral women wear a thick cotton belt, others have shaved their heads, and the near female relatives have put ashes on their heads. The dance is accompained by the orchestra which consists of flutes, rattles and drums. Often a dancer executes only some sequences of steps, then he goes away and return later on. During the dance some of the men occasionally take one of the women for a partner and dance together with her.