Masks equipped with round eye sockets (called gunyeya or gunye ge), facilitating vision, are part of the set of masks of the northern Dan and are used for racing events during the dry season. The zapkei ge go ge is a royal mask reserved for exceptional events. Matte black-brown patina. Minor accidents. The Dan masks, of varied design, are generally performed during very theatrical entertainment festivals where women play a leading role. The mask called "mocking" called Déanglé defines an ideal of beauty and benevolence because it is sculpted in honor of the young girls of the village or renowned men. Each mask bore a name linked to its function. Also used during circumcision rites, they appear in the company of the singing masks gle sö and the large masks go ge relating to the go society, which exercises justice and maintains social stability.
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