African Art in Performance: The Winiama Masks of the Village of Ouri, Burkina Faso

African Art in Performance: The Winiama Masks of the Village of Ouri, Burkina Faso

African Art in Performance: The Winiama Masks of the Village of Ouri, Burkina Faso


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African Art in Performance: The Winiama Masks of the Village of Ouri, Burkina Faso at Fmovies. African masks in performance: The spectacular masks of the Winiama people in the rural village of Ouri, in Burkina Faso, perform to reenact the encounters between the village ancestors and the spirits of the wilderness. This video emphasizes performance. There are lots of long takes of individual mask's performances from start to finish, with musical accompaniment, crowd reaction. Professor Roy has taught African art history at the University of Iowa for thirty years, and he has been doing research in Burkina Faso for thirty-seven years. He recently published The Land of Flying Masks: Art and Culture of Burkina Faso (Munich: Prestel, 2007).

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African Art in Performance: The Winiama Masks of the Village of Ouri, Burkina Faso (2006)
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