- Description
- 1 streaming video file (NTSC) (9 min.) : sd., col.
- Summary
- Filmed in the village of Barama. Excerpts from the "dodi" mourning dances, characterized by quick, energetic stamping steps. In the second part of the film the dancers are joined by Arab women.
- Series Statement
- Encyclopaedia cinematographica ; E 1361
- Subjects
- Note
- Filmed in 1964. Produced and distributed by the Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film, Göttingen, Germany.
- English title: Kenga, Central Sudan, South Wadai; Mourning dances "dodi". For a descriptive pamphlet in German, with English summary, see: *MGS (General) Encyclopaedia cinematographica.
- Access (note)
- Patrons can access streaming video file online only on site at the Library for the Performing Arts.
- Funding (note)
- Preservation of this video was supported by a donation from Lynn Garafola.
- Call Number
- *MGZIDF 1639
- OCLC
- NYPY916000855-F
- Title
Kenga (Zentralsudan, Süd-Wadai) [electronic resource] : Trauertänze "dodi".
- Imprint
1964.
- Series
Encyclopaedia cinematographica ; E 1361
- Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming video file online only on site at the Library for the Performing Arts.
- Funding
Preservation of this video was supported by a donation from Lynn Garafola.
- Local Note
Former call number: *MGZIC 9-2337
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
Motion pictures. Kenga, Zentralsudan, Süd-Wadai.
Kenga (African people)
- Local Subject
Ritual and ceremonial dancing -- Africa.
Funeral dances.
Death dances.
- Research Call Number
*MGZIDF 1639