Just after senoufo’s funerals, you come across the coming out of mourning of Dogons, from Mali. Who are the Dogons ? They live in the “hilly region of Bandiagara Cliffs and in the plain of Gondo located below and which goes over the boundaries of Burkina Faso”. Sub-divided into four groups( Avon, Ono, Dyon and Dommo). In all occasions, dogons invoke Amma’s mercy, the creator of the universe and of Dogon civilization. “Amma is a distant and immaterial god”. His name gives rhythm to their prayers.
In the same batch, we have masks of war, of race, of singer and hunter ; masks of judge, of fetish, of beggars and traditional musicians, dancers hats, calabashes, baskets, pillar of shelters, capped vessels, raffia clothes... so many masks, so much emotion and personal enjoyment. These masks have captivated such a lot of tourists. Ariane Janson , fifty years old is a French citizen who has been staying in Dakar for ten days. This dermatologist is fond of masks, what makes her visit to Cheikh Anta Diop IFAN museum a compulsory act. “I am fascinated by African masks, what has stricken me the most here is the perfect restitution of ceremonies. We just deplore the absence of video. Because, we can see plastic beauty, however we don’t know what it means” said Ariane Janson.
House of Malediction
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And, behind every good woman of the Village is a large man who is quick on his feet. Priceless !!
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