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Stambali.

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Saheb-Ettaba, Nawfel, film director.
ArtMattan Productions.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Rites and ceremonies--Tunisia--Drama.
Rites and ceremonies.
Spirit possession--Tunisia--Drama.
Spirit possession.
Manners and customs--Drama.
Manners and customs.
Tunisia.
Genre:
Documentary films.
Drama.
Streaming video.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 52 minutes)
Place of Publication:
[New York] : ArtMattan Productions, 2014.
System Details:
digital
video file MPEG-4 Flash
Summary:
Stambali is a religious ritual in Tunisia, a journey with the rhythm of the "gombri" and "chkackek," traces an individual and collective hypnosis, an annual tribute that the disciples of Sidi Saad pay to their master during an initiatory journey and rite of purification that lasts three days. The camera, video and film follow the rhythm of the possession, dances, and goes into a trance.
Notes:
Title from title frames.
Originally produced by ArtMattan Films in 1999.
OCLC:
897410251
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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