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THE BLOODETTES 2005 or The Bloodiest Cameroon film in French with English subtitles (OVES)

Les Saignantes (French) (The Bloodettes aka The Bloodiest) is a 2005 provocative, genre-blending film from Cameroon, directed by Camaroonian director Jean-Pierre Bekolo and shot in French. Set in a futuristic 2025, it follows two women who use ritual, sensuality, and subversion to navigate and dismantle a corrupt patriarchal system.

The film fuses Afro-futurist aesthetics with political satire, mysticism, and eroticism—challenging conventions while drawing on deep cultural roots like the Mevoungou ritual. The Mevoungou is a sacred, precolonial ritual practiced by the Beti people of Cameroon, traditionally performed by a secret female society to restore balance and life during times of crisis. It involves spiritual cleansing, female solidarity, and the symbolic exclusion of men.

It’s visually daring, narratively experimental, and unapologetically mature.

The film follows two sex workers in a future 2025 as they attempt to dispose of the corpse of a political leader who dies as a client of one of the women. The film also addresses political corruption in Cameroon through its plot and use of intertitles. The film won the Silver Stallion (second best African film) at Fespaco 2007 and the Best Actress awards with the special mention of the jury.

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Les Saignantes (2005) The Bloodettes - Directed By Jean-Pierre Bekolo (English Subtitles)

Les Saignantes (2005) The Bloodettes - Directed By Jean-Pierre Bekolo (English Subtitles)

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My Ancestry Discovery

I recently received my results for my ancestry DNA test. One of the main reasons is because I wanted to be able have a tie to ancestrial work. My family on my mother's side was told we are indigenous, but that isn't enough information to go on. Even if I knew what tribe exactly etc, it is still closed practice and I have no one to teach me.

The information I received shows my ancient ancestors were mainly in Nigeria and Camaroon which means they most likely practiced Yoruba or Vudoun. In order to practice and work with the Orisha (the Yoruba "deities"), I would have to be initiated, which I cannot be. I have instead chosen to devote a part of my life to recognizing them (though they may not recognize and work with me in return due to me not being initiated).

The Orisha I found that stood out to me are Orunmila, Osanyin, Yemoja, and Oya.

Orunmila is the Orisha of knowledge, wisdom, divination and prophecy.

Osanyin is the Orisha of herbs, healing, magic and protection.

Yemoja is the Orisha of motherhood, water, moon and creation.

Oya is the Orisha of winds, change, revolution, and death/rebirth.

These are areas of my current practice that I feel drawn to. Does this mean I practice the Yoruba religion? No, I can't perform the rites or rituals of Yoruba religions, but I can incorporate those attributes of the Orisha into my life as a connection to my ancestors who did practice.

The first thing I did was to learn about the practices in the Yoruba religion online and in books (waiting for the books I requested to reach my library). I is great to read how connected to the energy of the earth and universe this practice is. That is how I found the Orisha that I gravitated toward.

Now I understand that all of this is more than likely on the surface. Like how a person might gravitate towards a celebrity, but that celebrity doesn't even know they exist. The person buys merchandise with the celebrity's face on it and quotes things they say, but ultimately it's for them as a person because there really is no connection to the ACTUAL celebrity. -- I get that --

When I get excited about things, I like to create. So after researching, I created divination cards with the Orisha I liked. These are for me. Unless I am ever initiated, I would not sell them for others to use without the understanding that I am not a practicing Yoruba initiate. The cards, though they have representations of the Orisha, really channel my own energy and connection with the elements/lunar energy.

I will not write about them on my @stardustnsorcery blog since this is personal subject and that blog is a business blog.

I will write more about the deck soon, but for now I am happy to have found something in my ancestry that connects me to more that just living in America over the last 300 or so years.

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Large footprints discovered along the shores of the Upper Dja River in Cameroon, believed by some to have been left by the Mokèlé-Mbèmbé — a creature often described as a living sauropod.

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Quiz fact of the day :23.10.2020

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