Pam Kuso Kar (Breaking Pam's Vases)
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.
Year: 1974
Genre: Documentary
Studio: CNRS Images, Comité du film Éthnographique
Director: Jean Rouch
Cast: Pam Sambo Zima
Crew: Jean Rouch (Director), Hama Soumana (Sound), Danièle Tessier (Editor)
Keyword : niger, ethnographic film
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