Kankurang
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Kankurang

Video21 min KomboMandinka

The masked protector, and the initiation it belongs to.

The Kankurang appears in bark and leaves, moves fast, and is understood as protection rather than spectacle.

UNESCO lists the practice; the film is concerned instead with what initiates and their families say about it.

Filming was permitted only at specified distances and moments.

Photographs

From this recording

Kankurang — photograph 1
Kankurang — photograph 2
Kankurang — photograph 3

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