Mammy Water

Name: Mammy Water
Director: Jean Rouch
Genre: Documentary, Short
Released: 1953-01-01
Duration: 1140000 s

Directed by Jean Rouch

1953 19m[Documentary](/on-demand/category/documentary), [Short](/on-demand/category/short)

6.85.7

"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.