9 janvier 2021
Ruy Blanes, « Documentary: Feast of the Sacred Ox (1978), by Ruy Duarte de Carvalho », Drought in Angola — Seca em Angola, ID : 10670/1.onpvjj
https://vimeo.com/161777666 1979, 42 min, 16mm, copy from DVD. From “RDC Virtual” (Vimeo) collection Ruy Duarte de Carvalho (1941-2010) was one of the great anthropologists and ethnographers of southern Angola, having published extensively (and experimentally) on the ways of life of transhumant pastors in Huíla and Namibe. This documentary on the rituals surrounding oxen among Nyaneka-Humbe is an example of this. Synopsis and information: Annually, the procession of the sacred ox mark...