Magicians of the Earth: Kings of the Water
Magicians of the Earth: Kings of the Water
Watch Magicians of the Earth: Kings of the Water Online Free HD Solarmovies. Cyprien Tokoudagba is from the city of Abomey in the Benin Republic of West Africa, where he paints the religious houses of the vodun. Haas and his film crew follow Cyprien as he first paints and then takes part in the ceremony to open a new temple. The paintings include three vodun figures and several emblems, including a pipe and a duck. Cyprien explains his work in the context of the religion and takes the crew to film two other local ceremonies, one where the dead are believed to come back to instruct the living through wild dancing and, another, where women warriors perform their war dances.
- Genre: Documentary
- Country: Spain, Benin
- Director: Philip Haas
- Cast: Cyprien Tokoudagba,
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