@article{fdi:010087043,
  title = {{S}eme divination in {B}urkina {F}aso : 1 : the diviner's work on the stone},
  author = {{F}ournier, {A}nne},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he {S}eme of {B}urkina {F}aso attribute all the problems they encounter to interventions from the invisible world. {D}ivination allows them to identify the cause of the problem and a suitable remedy (which blood sacrifice to make at which altar). {T}he diviner, always male, has been summoned by the invisible. {A}n initiation follows intimately linking him to a bush spirit who becomes his divination assistant. {T}he divination rite uses many props and plunges participants into an intense sensory environment. {T}his first article of a two-part study is a detailed formal analysis of nine filmed divination sessions. {I}t explains how each accessory is used and the finality of each gesture. {A}lthough the canvas remains the same, the divinatory rite allows for many variations, as illustrated by video montages. {T}he diviner uses a learned technique as well as the inspiration provided by his auxiliary bush spirit to decode the signs emitted from the invisible world. {H}is body is as much part of the divination equipment as the accessories he employs.},
  keywords = {{BURKINA} {FASO}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{A}nthrovision : {V}aneasa {O}nline {J}ournal},
  volume = {9},
  numero = {},
  pages = {en ligne [28 ]},
  ISSN = {2198-6754},
  year = {2021},
  DOI = {10.4000/anthrovision.8453},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010087043},
}