Papagaio (Djambi)

Papagaio (Djambi) 2014 Released

Directed by Pedro Paiva, João Maria Gusmão

· 43 min

 

Papagaio (Djambi) 2014 Released

Directed by Pedro Paiva, João Maria Gusmão

· 43 min

 

A major new 16mm film work Papagaio (Djambi) 2014, shot in São Tomé and Príncipe (a Portuguese speaking Island nation off the western coast of Central Africa), bears witness to a West African voodoo ritual, known locally as D’Jambi. Whilst intoxicated, the participants dance and enter a state of trance in which they channel the spirits of the dead. At times the footage is shot by the artists, and at... see more

A major new 16mm film work Papagaio (Djambi) 2014, shot in São Tomé and Príncipe (a Portuguese speaking Island nation off the western coast of Central Africa), bears witness to a West African voodoo ritual, known locally as D’Jambi. Whilst intoxicated, the participants dance and enter a state of trance in which they channel the spirits of the dead. At times the footage is shot by the artists, and at... see more
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Jan 1, 2014
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