Mammy Water
Mammy Water

Mammy Water

Mammy Water

Release date : 1953-01-01

Production country :

France

Production company :

Les Films de la Pléiade

Status : Released

Durasi : 19 Min.

Popularity : 0.1661

5.8

Total Vote : 5

"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.