- Description
- 1 streaming video file (NTSC) (25 min.) : sd., col.
- Summary
- Filmed in the village of Pelesi. Dances by young men being initiated into the leopard society are followed by a pantomime in which three men dressed as leopards attack and "kill" a man, who is restored to life by the leopard society's magic remedies.
- Series Statement
- Encyclopaedia cinematographica ; E 1556
- Subjects
- Note
- Filmed in 1968. Produced and directed by the Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film, Göttingen, Germany.
- English title: Njedebua, West Africa, Ivory Coast; Dance and pantomime of the leopard society. 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 1619
- OCLC
- NYPY916001972-F
- Title
Njedebua (Westafrika, Elfenbeinküste) [electronic resource] : Tanz und Pantomime des Leopardenbundes.
- Imprint
1968.
- Series
Encyclopaedia cinematographica ; E 1556
- 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 9-2317
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
Motion pictures. Njedebua (Westafrika, Elfenbeinküste).
- Local Subject
Initiation dances.
Animal dances.
Medicine dance.
- Research Call Number
*MGZIDF 1619