The Gnawa at the Festival of Avignon

Collection title

Méditerranéo

ID

INA00585

Source

INA (FR)

First broadcast date

11/09/1994

Production year

1994

Abstract

Demonstration at the 1994 Avignon Festival of the ritual of songs and dances of the Gnawa, descendants of North African former slaves from Sudan.

Type

video

Production companies

• Radio Audizioni Italia - Coproduction
• France Régions 3 Marseille - Coproduction

Broadcaster

FTV - F3

Audiovisual form

Magazine

Primary theme

Music and songs

Secondary themes

• Society and way of life / Festivals and traditions

Credits / Cast

• Sanguinetti Sampiero - Speaker

Period of events

• 1994

Map locations

• France - South East - Avignon

Original language

French

Media running time

5m30

Additional information