Mammy Water (1953)

"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.

Released Jan. 1, 1953 19 min None+

Genres: Documentary, Short

Keywords: tmdb.africa, tmdb.ritual, tmdb.ritual-sacrifice, tmdb.ghana, mdblist.imdb-short, imdb.actual-animal-killed, imdb.animal-sacrifice + 12 more, imdb.swastika, imdb.fishermen, imdb.fish, imdb.swimming, imdb.boat, imdb.beach, imdb.funeral, imdb.ceremony, imdb.male-rear-nudity, imdb.ethnography, imdb.boy-frontal-nudity, aspectratio.1-37-1