Mask Dance of the Yoruba, this dance is performed 40 days after the passing away during the ceremony of the reincarnation of the spirit of a deceased person, or during funerals of followers.

Dance executed on raffia stilts of 3 to 6 meters high (spirits of the giant forest).
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This vaudou dance is performed during supplication ceremonies to thank the God of the Earth and keep epidemic diseases away.
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