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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 4283974, member: 8267&quot;]As Taupou said, such dolls reproduce, in miniature, traditional Minganji dancers (Munganji singular) who appear &quot;during initiation rites, funerals, ceremonies associated with leadership and other important public gatherings&quot;. Their full-body costume is made of raffia. The dolls are made for sale.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://preview.redd.it/edbcu6y8ss031.jpg?width=960&amp;crop=smart&amp;auto=webp&amp;s=0cb9dc8ad331a814632a47f4ce9d73ce90b69cfa" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/africanculture/comments/btpiu2/pende_rites_of_passage_minganji_masqueraders_near/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.reddit.com/r/africanculture/comments/btpiu2/pende_rites_of_passage_minganji_masqueraders_near/" rel="nofollow">https://www.reddit.com/r/africanculture/comments/btpiu2/pende_rites_of_passage_minganji_masqueraders_near/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]344183[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://africa.si.edu/collections/objects/8561/fiber-mask-with-costume;jsessionid=2AC3CFEE96C42BA3B01FAD578DABCDEC" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://africa.si.edu/collections/objects/8561/fiber-mask-with-costume;jsessionid=2AC3CFEE96C42BA3B01FAD578DABCDEC" rel="nofollow">https://africa.si.edu/collections/objects/8561/fiber-mask-with-costume;jsessionid=2AC3CFEE96C42BA3B01FAD578DABCDEC</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Minganji dancers appear at about the 3 minute mark:</p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]3I8Jbe_q6Tc[/MEDIA][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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