Funeral at Bongo: The Death of Old Anai
Movie| Title | Funerailles A Bongo: Le Vieux Anai |
| User score | 0 |
| Release date | Jun 25, 1979 |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Director | Jean Rouch , Germaine Dieterlen |
| Production country | France, Mali |
| Production companies | CNRS Images, Comité du film Éthnographique, Institut de Recherches en Sciences Humaines, SERDAV |
| Run time | 70 min. |
In 1972, the Dogon of the Bandiagara cliff in Mali celebrated the funeral of Anaï Dolo, head of the Bongo Masks Society, who died at the age of 122. On this occasion, the large Bongo mask, is erected and for twenty days, family members, elders, men from neighbouring villages purify the village.