The Yayas de l'Elegance # 85

The Yayas de l'Elegance

19:00, Friday 14th June, CMB 3

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  • Director/Anthropologist: Maria Jose Pavlovic
  • Year of Release: 2012
  • Duration: 27 mins
  • Country of Production: France/UK
  • Location: Paris
  • Language: French, Lingala (English)

 

S.A.P.E is the acronym for the Society of Ambience Makers and Elegant People. The followers of this movement call themselves Sapeurs, men devoted to elegant dressing. SAPE becomes a performed experience encompassing a world of meaning and symbols. Originally from the Congo, the Sapeur’s main goal is to travel to Paris, the accepted capital of this fashion. In that context they will try to become a Yaya, a very grand Sapeur. Through the stories of different characters, the film tries to reveal the main aspects of this practice.

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