Gum tattoos are common in West Africa. In the past, so as not to disho- nour their families, women showed no suffering during the ceremony that marked their passage to adulthood. Today, this rite of seduction is still carried out but without the dances and songs of the past. Some women even give a few moans of pain.
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My beautiful smile
- Senegal
- 2005
- Documentaire
- 5′
- Titre français
Mon beau sourire - Titre international
My beautiful smile - Montage
Angèle Diabang Brener - Son
Pape Sekou Diouf - Musique
Abdoulaye Mbaye - Production
Karoninka
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