Awa Society
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Awa, also known as the Awa Society, the Society of Masks, is an African mask and initiatory society of the Dogon people of Mali which is made up of circumcised men, and whose role is both ritual and p
A man wearing a Sirige mask jumps during a ceremony, 1974. The Sirige mask is a tall mask that is used in funerals for only the men who were alive during the holding of the Sigui ceremony.
Door of the Hogon box of Sangha, Mali.
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Dogon country
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Dogon country is a region of eastern Mali and northwestern Burkina Faso populated mainly by the Dogon people, a diverse ethnic group in West Africa with diverse languages. Like the term Serer country
The Bandiagara cliff and its view of the plain.
Plateau village
The plain seen from the foot of the cliff
Market in a village at the foot of the cliff