HOMMES ET FEMMES DE GAOUA
HOMMES ET FEMMES DE GAOUA
France / 1958 / 34'
HOMMES ET FEMMES DE GAOUA
France / 1958 / 34'

The people of Gaouna, in French West Africa, have their own particular rituals and a very personal way of expressing themselves which is also reflected in the naive artistic manifestations.
Use to dress up for parties and initiations; in such a picturesque way that it is often repugnant.
Among this poor and superstitious population, leprosy and sleeping sickness claim many victims every year.
The film also accounts for the work that whites have long ago undertaken to improve the sanitary conditions of these tribes.

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