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Hampi

0.0(0)1962—1

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".

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Language
French
  • niger
  • ethnographic film

Behind the camera

Director

Jean Rouch

Produced in

Canada, France, Niger

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  • FranceFR

    • TheatricalTPFestival de Cannes 19627 May 1962

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Hampi was released on 7 May 1962.

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