The rain feast. Ritual ceremony of the Soughai, a village in Simini, Nigeria. The possession dances begin at the sound of the beating on the gourds. One by one, the genius 'ride their horses'. Moussa, Genius of the wind, Niaberi, goddess of earth, Sadyara, the rainbow, Tyirey, the lightning and the rain. Next, the priests and their followers go and consult the 'hampi', a ritual millet and waterful receptacle which represents the sky of the following hibernation.