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Petites Planètes (volume 19): Umbanda
Petites Planètes (volume 19): Umbanda
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PETITES PLANÈTES (VOLUME 19): UMBANDA

Directed by Vincent Moon
Brazil, 2011
Musical, Documentary, Short

Synopsis

Volume 19 in the Collection Petites Planètes—music recordings made around the world, a series on ‘experimental ethnography’ by Vincent Moon and local people created without any money involved—is a very rare recording of an Umbanda ritual, an Afro-Brazilian cult from Northern Brazil.

Synopsis

Volume 19 in the Collection Petites Planètes—music recordings made around the world, a series on ‘experimental ethnography’ by Vincent Moon and local people created without any money involved—is a very rare recording of an Umbanda ritual, an Afro-Brazilian cult from Northern Brazil.