Mammy Water

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Mammy Water

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Kanopy
Kanopy (Free)
5.0(6 votes)
1953
0h 19m
Documentary
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Overview

"Mammy Water" is mother sea, source of food. Jean Rouch filmed this short documentary in the Gulf of Guinea, in Ghana, where is held a colorful festival, the Chama, in which the participants offer cassava, gin and tobacco to the spirits of water and sacrifice a white ox to thank them and express their gratitude and respect.

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