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.