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Traditional African Masks and Their Meanings

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1 Traditional African Masks and Their Meanings

2 Entertainment Masks Actors portraying different moods or characters

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

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

5 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

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

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