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A Bamana Marionette

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Item Details

Description

Stabmarionette
Bamana / Bozo, Mali
Mit Sockel / with base
Holz. H 72 cm.

Provenienz:
- Galerie Noir d’Ivoire, Paris.
- Schweizer Privatsammlung, Solothurn (2001 erworben).

Publiziert:

Marionette aus dem Sogo bò-Theater. Darstellung der sagenumworbenen Frauenfigur "merekun" (Mere = Frau; kun = Kopf).

"Sogo bò" heisst übersetzt „Die Tiere kommen hervor“. Zu den wichtigsten Charakteren gehören denn auch die Wildtiere. Es wurden aber auch Themen aus dem Alltag aufgegriffen, so wurden neben Szenen aus der Jägerwelt beispielsweise auch solche über das Verhältnis zwischen Mann und Frau dargestellt.

Das Marionettenspiel dient der Vermittlung von moralischen Werten und von Wissen, weshalb die Spieler eine wichtige soziale Verantwortung innehaben. Da die Aufführungen aber in erster Linie auch als Unterhaltung angesehen wurden, geniessen die Darsteller trotzdem grosse Meinungsäusserungsfreiheit.

Diese lebendige und engagierte Theaterform geniesst noch heute grosse Popularität. Die von Fischern und Ackerbauern gleichermassen vor versammelter, teilweise aktiv teilnehmender Dorfgemeinschaft aufgeführten Marionettentheater folgten einer präzisen Dramaturgie.

Es besteht aus bis zu zwanzig „Akte“, in denen jeweils eine Charaktere eine in sich geschlossene Parabel aufführte. Zwischen den einzelnen Auftrittsequenzen gab es Gesangs- und Tanzeinlagen.

Weiterführende Literatur:
Groux, Reginald (2008). Marionnettes du Mali. Masques et marionnettes de Théâtre Sogobó. Montreuil-sous-Bois: Éditions Gourcuff Gradenigo.

CHF 300 / 600
EUR 258 / 516

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A Bamana Marionette

Name: A Bamana Marionette
SKU: 105412955
Price: 160 CHF
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