cover image: Policemen (Iyol) Dancing

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Policemen (Iyol) Dancing

The phases in these initiation rituals of the Kuba-Bushong are: preliminaries; first masks in village; "wall"; induction through wall and tunnel; camp in bush (no pictures!); forays of boys near village; return to village and dances of snake and salt; captured in net and the eating of rats; firebrand thrown over the wall at the end.
central africa dance congo-kinshasa men initiation rites clothing and dress kuba vansina, jan mapey
Description of object
Black and white Photograph, Landscape, jpeg
Format of Original
Still image
Photographer
Vansina, Jan
Published in
Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)
Series
Africa Focus: Sights and Sounds of a Continent

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