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Baule (West Africa, Ivory Coast) - »gbagba« Mask Dance at Asouakro: II. Red, Black and White Mask, Ant Mask, Children's Masks
The Gbagba is a dance for entertainment which is performed at festivities or for its own sake. It evolves around the figure of a bird - the Gbagba. Alternately a ballet of boys and single masks are da......
E 1584
Baule (West Africa, Ivory Coast) - »gbagba« Mask Dance at Asouakro: I. Entrance, Gbagba Dance, Sheep Mask
The Gbagba is a dance for entertainment which is performed at festivities or for its own sake. It evolves around the figure of a bird - the Gbagba. Alternately a ballet of boys and single masks are da......
E 1579
Guere (West Africa, Ivory Coast) - Acrobatic Dance of the "Snake Maidens"
Three small girls between four and six years old first perform acrobatic feats with their flexible bodies accompanied by two drums and one tinkle-instrument; afterwards, they will be whirled into the ......
E 1578
Guere (West Africa, Ivory Coast) - Dance Masks »glotogla« at Bangolo
The Gere (Kran) have male dancing masks and female singing masks. In contrast to the swift moving mask-dances of other tribes of the Ivory-coast, like the Baule or the Guro, the Gere mask dances are r......
E 1577
Dan (West Africa, Ivory Coast) - Dance with a Poisonous Snake
A man dancing with an Gabun viper performs risky tricks, in order to prove that he is not afraid of the deadly bite of the snake. He and his accompanying fellows form a society of medicine men. The pe......
E 1576
Dan (West Africa, Ivory Coast) - Mask Procession at Year's End at Biankouma
At the end of the Yams festival, which for the northern Dan separates the old year from the new year, the masks leave the bush and come down from the mountains to the village. They dance outside the v......
E 1575
Dan (West Africa, Ivory Coast) - Singing Mask »gegõn« at Maple
This singing mask with its beak-shaped nose, from which a black beard of monkey-hair hangs down, is found in other functions as well, e. g. with the Konor tribe as one of the highest ranking spirits i......
E 1574
Dan (West Africa, Ivory Coast) - Singing Mask »polonida« at Glekpleple
The mask sings and dances. Its songs address the bystanders and are created spontaneously. For at least three generations the mask has been in this village and in the same family as the "rough an......
E 1573
Dan (West Africa, Ivory Coast) - Dance Mask »djaka« at Glekpleple
The Djaka mask belongs to the category of the "rough and tough" masks. They appear at all pleasant happenings, in order to put all inhibitants and guests in a happy mood by their boldness. B......
E 1572
Baule (West Africa, Ivory Coast) - Acrobatic Dance »adjemle« at Kouadjikro
Almost every village of the Baule cultivates an artistic speciality which is performed during festivities either in their own village or in other villages. To this category belong also acrobatic dance......
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