Afo (Westafrika, Nord-Nigerien) - Glockentanz zur Beschwörung der heiligen Buschkuh
Formal Metadata
| Title | Afo (Westafrika, Nord-Nigerien) - Glockentanz zur Beschwörung der heiligen Buschkuh |
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| Alternative Title | Afo (West Africa, Northern Nigeria) - Bell Dance for the Conjuration of the Sacred Bush Cow |
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| License | You are free to use, copy, distribute and transmit the work or content in unchanged form for any legal and non-commercial purpose as long as the work is attributed to the author in the manner specified by the author or licensor. |
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| IWF Signature | E 348 |
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| Production Year | 1954 |
Technical Metadata
| IWF Technical Data | Film, 16 mm, 26 m ; SW, 3 1/2 min |
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| Abstract | | German | German Begleitet von Trommeln und Gongs tanzen Angehörige des Glockenbundes auf dem Zeremonialplatz des Dorfes Agwada zu Ehren der heiligen Buschkuh. Die Knaben und jungen Männer bewegen sich in Paaren oder größeren Gruppen hintereinander über den Platz, vollführen Körperdrehungen und schwingen dabei große Glocken und Zibetkatzenfelle als Symbole der heiligen Buschkuh. Aufgenommen mit 16 B/s; Vorführgeschw. 18 B/s. | | English | English The young men and boys of the Afo village of Agwada perform a dance with original movements, steps, and jumps to the accompaniment of drums and gongs. As the dancers move in a snake-like row they swing large iron bells and civet cat pelts as symbols of the sacred bush cow, their protectoral power. The performance is intended to make the bush cow happy and to drive evil spirits away. Recording speed 16 fps, projection speed 18 fps. |
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| Keywords | | German | German | | English | English |
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| IWF Classification | | German | German | | English | English |
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