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"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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- Released
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- Les Films de la Pléiade
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- ritual
- africa
- ritual sacrifice
- ghana
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Jean Rouch · Director, Writer
Philippe Luzuy · Editor
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