Dogon Masks, Elaborate Costumes, Masquerades
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http://youtu.be/L-ERp8Nz4e4 Funeral dance in Dogon country 10min.
http://youtu.be/qxQoFLP9MQw Dogon Dama Mask Dance(*) Better image quality of a video. 8:34 min.
http://tammy-a.blogspot.com/
http://youtu.be/SDRMJox28y8 Spectacular Dogon Masquerade 9:14 min.
http://youtu.be/L-ERp8Nz4e4 Funeral dance in Dogon country 10min.
http://youtu.be/qxQoFLP9MQw Dogon Dama Mask Dance(*) Better image quality of a video. 8:34 min.
http://tammy-a.blogspot.com/
http://youtu.be/SDRMJox28y8 Spectacular Dogon Masquerade 9:14 min.
The dama consists of an event, known as the Halic, immediately after the death of a person and lasts for one day (Davis, 68). According to Shawn R. Davis, this particular ritual incorporates the elements of the yingim and the danyim. During the yincomoli ceremony, a gourd is smashed over the deceased’s wooden bowl, hoe, and bundukamba, (burial blanket), which announces the entrance of the masks used in this ceremony while the deceased entrance to their home in the family compound is decorated with ritual elements (Davis, 72-73). Masks used during the yincomoli ceremony include the Yana Gulay mask, the Satimbe mask, the Sirigie mask, and the Kanaga mask. The Dogons are famous for their masks and during
the five-day event many of them are used in ritual ceremonies that go back more than 1000 years . At each Sigui festival, a new ceremonial mask is carved especially for the occasion, then placed in the Tellem caves. Remnants of these masks going back hundreds of years have been found in the caves.
the five-day event many of them are used in ritual ceremonies that go back more than 1000 years . At each Sigui festival, a new ceremonial mask is carved especially for the occasion, then placed in the Tellem caves. Remnants of these masks going back hundreds of years have been found in the caves.