At the end of dry season many tribes of Burkina Faso (Western Africa) ask the masks to protect the villages and to call for rain. Every year when comes the rainy season, many villages in Burkina Faso rely on the masks to get good rains and the masks are entrusted to act as intermediaries able to communicate directly with the Gods and gather to perform a great ceremony.
Inspired by animal motifs, many take on the form of the antelope, hare, caiman, duck, monkey, snake, and tortoise. All the inhabitants of the savannah, together with their "spirits" perform their dance ... The masks have the power to open a breach in the present and make the village slide into another dimension, a world of transcendence.
Shown is the inspiration and the doll.
Inspiration: A wolf mask from the Burkina Faso
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