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Key Moments in Life: Childhood 5 |
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At very serious performances of masks worn by initiated elders the young, uninitiated boys mimic with precision every dance step of the great plank masks in preparation for the day they will wear the masks themselves. Here the boys are watching intently as the great plank masks of their family perform. They twist in unison at the precise moment that the masks themselves twist from side to side. |
Bwa, Gnoumou clan, children having a good time, Burkina Faso, 1985. |
