W@=D@ in Mali: 4. The Dogon
- Episode aired Dec 21, 2006
- 25m
Arriving at the Valley of the Dogon, Pieter and Dimitri learn that the magic mask is meant to take part in the DAMA dance. The DAMA is the second funeral, or the moment that a spirit becomes... Read allArriving at the Valley of the Dogon, Pieter and Dimitri learn that the magic mask is meant to take part in the DAMA dance. The DAMA is the second funeral, or the moment that a spirit becomes an ancestor. To be allowed to participate in this ritual dance, Dimitri and Pieter first ... Read allArriving at the Valley of the Dogon, Pieter and Dimitri learn that the magic mask is meant to take part in the DAMA dance. The DAMA is the second funeral, or the moment that a spirit becomes an ancestor. To be allowed to participate in this ritual dance, Dimitri and Pieter first will have to become ... a Dogon.