Horendi
Jean Rouch
1972 - France - Couleur - 72'
Photography : Jean Rouch
Sound : Jean Rouch
Editing : Jean Rouch
Production : CNRS, Comité du Fim Ethnographique
Distribution : CNRS images (cnrs-images@cnrs-bellevue.fr, +33 (0)1 45 07 56 85)
Jean Rouch
1972 - France - Couleur - 72'
In Niamey, Niger, over seven days the Horendi takes place, during which the "horse spirits" (possession dancers) are recruited in the courtyard of the holding of priest Zima Sambo. Two young sick women, permanently possessed for some weeks, are initiated to the possession dance. The gourd-drummers play all the themes of the spirits and sing their slogans while the young women learn the ritual dance whereby trance is provoked and mastered. On the seventh day, the "horses" receive their ritual clothing, corresponding to the spirits which have possessed them and they dance before the entire assembly.
Photography : Jean Rouch
Sound : Jean Rouch
Editing : Jean Rouch
Production : CNRS, Comité du Fim Ethnographique
Distribution : CNRS images (cnrs-images@cnrs-bellevue.fr, +33 (0)1 45 07 56 85)