Masquerade in Mende culture
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Masquerade in Mende culture
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Public masquerades play an extremely significant role in the life of the Mende people - one of the two largest ethnic groups in Sierra Leone. Art historian Ruth Phillips writes that Mende masquerades "are a means of mediating between the general community and the medicine societies that are central to Mende social life. Through masking performances, the public is kept informed of important events which occur in the private domain and is enabled to witness and to share in rituals that transform t
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Significance and purpose of Masquerade in Mende culture
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