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Tikar (Equatorial Africa, Cameroon Grasslands) - Festival Commemorating the Deceased King's Mothers in Oku - 1. The Music of Kwifon   [Title Translation]

Tikar (Äquatorialafrika, Kameruner Grasland) - Totengedenkfest für die Königsmütter in Oku - 1. Die Musik von Kwifon   [Other Title]
Year of origin: 1977
Genre: Documentary Film
Locations of shooting: n/a

Credits
Production company: Hermann Schlenker Filmproduktion (Königsfeld)
First released by: IWF (Göttingen)
Distributor: IWF (Göttingen)
Author: Hans-Joachim Koloss


Keywords: Tikar, Geheimgesellschaft, indische Musik, kirchliches Fest, Maskentanz, MaskeTanz, Religion, Totengedenkfest, Dance, feast, masks, memorial feast, Music, religion, secret society
The first and most important of the annual feasts in Oku commemorating the deceased is the ceremony organized by the Royal Palace. It starts with the activities of the secret society Kwifon. In the society's compound on the palace premises Kwifon holds a secret ceremony called "the music of Kwifon". Several secret musical instruments are played and one of Kwifon's masks, Mabuh, appears in the compound.

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Language: deu
Sound: Sound film
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Duration: 20 min

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