CinemaOSMovie · 1974 · 0h 12m

Pam Kuso Kar (Breaking Pam's Vases)

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In February 1974, Pam Sambo Zima, the oldest of the priests of possession in Niamey, Niger, died at the age of seventy-plus years. In his backyard, the followers from the possession cult symbolically break the dead priest's ritual vases and cry for the deceased while dividing up the clothes of the divinities.

Directed byJean Rouch

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Status
Released
Runtime
0h 12m
Language
FR
Released
January 1, 1974
Studios
CNRS ImagesComité du film Éthnographique

Featuring

Cast & crew

1 credited
Starring

Pam Sambo Zima

Creative team
Directed by
Jean Rouch
Jean Rouch

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