Coming of age ceremony in Benin | SLICE

Описание: In the Atakora mountain range lives a tribe proud of its traditions: the Somba.

This people earned their fame from their two-story fortified houses, known as Tata Somba, that they built to protect themselves when tribal wars were still a regular occurrence.

Nowadays, the Somba people live peacefully as subsistence farmers. But they have never left the Tata Somba around which all their traditions are organised.

Dominique is a young Somba who has just turned 18. And the Council of Elders has just decided that tomorrow he will begin the rites of passage into adulthood. A week of initiation which represents an important turning point in the life of every Somba man.

Extract from the documentary: “Today in Africa - Benin”
Direction: Julien Naar
Production: Bo Travail !, Voyage & TV5 Monde

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