French Collection of African Art "Mani" is a diminutive meaning "little person" qualifying the African puppets with human faces used by the Bambara and Markha during educational shows. This tradition of puppet theater is common to the multi-ethnic peoples living in the inner delta of the Niger, including the Bozo, particularly in the region of Ségou where it is called "sogobo". Old patina, abrasions and wood-eating attacks stopped. Articulated arms and legs. In Mali, the invention of the puppet is attributed to the bush spirits who kidnapped Toboji Centa, a Bozo fisherman. During his stay with the spirits, the man became familiar with this unknown art. Upon his return, he went to the sculptor-blacksmiths and taught them how to make two kinds of puppets: miniaturized or enlarged animals and people. The Markha have an initiatory language, a means of communication in the hands of the initiates. The Markha, also called Warka, live in the north of the Bambara territory and have, consequently, been influenced by them in the design of their masks. Their puppets are also renowned. In addition to the similarities between Markha and Bambara art, they also have institutions in common. Litt.: "An art of celebration in Mali" A. Favreau. Ed. Ecole du Louvre.
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