{"id":3695,"date":"2025-05-02T19:17:22","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T17:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ciusatouris.kignelmanentreprises.com\/?page_id=3695"},"modified":"2025-05-02T19:29:21","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T17:29:21","slug":"dancing-mask-dan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ciusatourism.com\/index.php\/destination\/cultural-trips\/dancing-mask-dan\/","title":{"rendered":"Dancing Mask Dan"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The group of dancers and singers of the \u00ab\u00a0long mask\u00a0\u00bb ford Gblin, better known as the stilt walker, originates from the Yacouba country.<\/p>

It is generally found in the regions of Man, Danan\u00e9, Touba, Koonan… Perched on stilts several meters high, the dancers perform a thousand perilous acrobatics.<\/p>

\u200b<\/span>Ford Gblin, the great sacred mask, has two powers:<\/p>

\u200b<\/span>a spiritual, supernatural power, which gives him the power to communicate with geniuses and to be the spokesperson, a temporal power that gives him agility, and address, which allows him to perform unusual acrobatics with which he amazes his audience.<\/p>

\u200b<\/span>The bearer of the ford Gblin mask undergoes a rigorous and secret initiation, and no one around him should know that he is the holder of the ford Gblin secret, not even his wife.<\/p>

\u200b<\/span>The accompanying drummer singer first invokes the grace of the genies before the stilt walker begins to dance.<\/p>

These incantations put our mask directly in communion with the protective spirits who then tell it the steps to perform.<\/p>

\u200b<\/span>The mask is not a simple artistic expression; it is the fundamental element of the organization of traditional society because it is the intermediary between men and god, the guarantor of stability.<\/p>

\u200b<\/span>The stilt-walker mask takes part in all the demonstrations of the city, its social function is preeminent.<\/p>

\u200b<\/span>His mystical power makes him respected, even feared. He is also the supreme judge of the traditional court.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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