Traditional African Masks and Their Meanings

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Traditional African Masks and Their Meanings

Entertainment Masks Actors portraying different moods or characters

Healing Masks Placed on a sick patient to represent a spirit guarding against an illness, also to help cure the disease

Connection Masks Worn to transform into other beings or connect with ancestral spirits

Ritual Masks Worn during initiation ceremonies You boys coming into adulthood, men joining secret societies, young women initiated into the traditions and rituals of the group, planting and harvesting ceremonies

Transforming Masks Mark important transitions in the life cycle Birth, coming of age, marriage, secret society, death

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