African Traditional Religion : The Lion King - A ReBirth

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Ndeppkat (priestess of the Ndepp tradition of Senegal)
Oyinbo has finally submitted to Mama Africa. Amen!
 
Here is an excerpt from a Rootworker's, Divine Prince ( A Hurricane Katrina evacuee from New Orleans), Keen account page.

"Many African societies see masks as mediators between the living world and the supernatural world of the dead, ancestors and other entities. Masks became and still become the attribute of a dressed up dancer who gave it life and word at the time of ceremonies.
In producing a mask, a sculptor's aim is to depict a person's psychological and moral characteristics, rather than provide a portrait.
The sculptor begins by cutting a piece of wood and leaving it to dry in the sun; if it cracks, it cannot be used for a mask. African sculptors see wood as a complex living material and believe each piece can add its own feature to their work. Having made certain the wood is suitable, the sculptor begins, using an azde to carve the main features, a chisel to work on details and a rough leaf to sand the piece.
He then paints the mask with pigments such as charcoal (to give a black colour), powders made from vegetable matter or trees (for ochre/earth tones) or mineral powders like clay (to give a white colour).
African peoples often symbolize death by the colour white rather than black; at the same time, many African cultures see white as the colour that links them to their ancestors, and it can therefore have a positive meaning.

The second face.

I am not myself."

http://www.keen.com/CommunityServer/UserBlogPosts/Divine_Prince/African-Mask-and-the-Bamana---Bambara---Bamanya----Baumana-----Banbara---Manding-----Mandingo--people-tribe-from-Mali--West-Africa/341731.aspx

He has more interesting information on the Bambara people at his page.

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