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Hampi (1962)
Directed by Jean Rouch
Documentary
A ritual vase, the hampi, is placed in the center of the Musée de plein air de la République du Niger in Niamey, during a ritual ceremony featuring possession dances. With this film, Jean Rouch continues his ethnological and cinematographic study of Songhay ritual objects. He demonstrates that, in a particular context, the transfer of a hampi vase to a museum requires the organization of a ritual ceremony to obtain the gods' approval. At the time, however, reservations about filming a possession dance for the opening of a shrine in a museum made the move "questionable from a museological point of view".
Crew
- Director
- Jean Rouch
- Editor
- Jean Ravel
Details
- Original title
- Le Hampi - Le ciel est posé sur la terre
- Release date
- 1962-05-07
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French
- Countries
- Canada, France, Niger
- Production
- Office Nigérien du Film, I.F.A.N. Niamey, Rep. Niger, ONF | NFB, Comité du film Éthnographique