Keep the dance alive : Que la danse continue /

A unique voyage through the music, dance and spirit possession practices of the Ovahimba people of north- western Namibia and south-western Angola. Keep the Dance Alive features remarkable footage of how dance and spirit possession is integrated into everyday life from infancy to death. The film was...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Margaret Mead Film Festival
Other Authors:	Sherman, Rina
Format:	Conference Proceeding Video
Language:	English Herero
Language Notes:	In English and Himba.
Published:	Watertown, MA : Documentary Educational Resources (DER), [2007]
Series:	Dance in video.
Subjects:	Ethnographic films > Angola. Ethnographic films > Namibia. Himba (African people) Himba (African people) > Rites and ceremonies. Kunene (Namibia) > Social life and customs. Short films. Internet videos. Filmed dance. Nonfiction films.
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Summary:	A unique voyage through the music, dance and spirit possession practices of the Ovahimba people of north- western Namibia and south-western Angola. Keep the Dance Alive features remarkable footage of how dance and spirit possession is integrated into everyday life from infancy to death. The film was made over a period of seven years in the following communities: in the north-western Kunene region of Namibia, at the homestead of the Tjambiru family of Etanga; in the Cunene and Namibe Provinces of d'Angola; In Oncocua and vicinity, in Erora, Otjiheke, Namibe and Virei and vicinity.
Item Description:	"Forms part of the collection of the project: 'The Ovahimba Years, ' a multi-disciplinary ethnographic study." Previously released on DVD. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (video file (75 min.)