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Dan Tribe masks
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Characters of the Dan mask
Now for a short Video clip!
The Deangle mask
Pretend you are wearing a
Dan Mask. You have to portray the mask through dance.
Just follow the steps.
- Small downcast eyes
- Vertical ridge
- Female
- Kind and gentle spirits
Symbolism:
Materials
DID YOU KNOW?
All of the Dan masks are sacred. The people didn't represent the mask as spirits, the masks were
considered the spirits.
Wood
Branches
Leaves
Feathers
Stilts
Laban Efforts
History
Overall, I would say the Dan Tribe Masks
can be categorized into two Laban Efforts
• The initiation ceremony
• Dan masks are unique and only carved by initiated members of
the male Poro society
• The mask served to protect the young initiate against destructive
or evil forces from the time of initiation, till he one day enters the
spirit realm.
• Spirit realm, Human realm
• Certain features’ represent certain elements of life.
Flick
Glide
The Dan Tribe Mask
Made By: Haya and Isra
Archetypes
Culture
In the Dan tribe, there are a variety of archetypes used for each character.
Usually, the masks are categorized
as the KING, the MOTHER, the VILLAIN and the FOOL
The Dan are an extremely musical people. They don't do anything without music.
Rice, Death, Marriage, Birth, Weather are all celebrated with music.
Dan sculptors mainly masks which deal with virtually every element in Dan society, including education, competition, war, peace, social regulation, and of course, entertainment.
They also produce stylized wooden spoons and intricate
game boards used for mancala, a common game of "count
and capture"
The Dan Tribe
The Zakpai Ge mask: King
The Bugle mask: Villain
The Deangle mask: Mother
The Bagle mask: Fool