1. Bakota circumcision
candidate during one
of the preliminary rituals. | | | |
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| Bakota Circumcision (Bantu)with Bakoya Pygmy musicians and dancers(Rainforest of Gabon)Photos, texts and audio recordings
by Luis DevinSoundscape: Bakota ritual dance preceding the rite of circumcision
(Bakota of Gabon, with Bakoya Pygmy musicians and singers). |
2. Circumcision candidate
sitting on a relative's
shoulders for a ritual dance,
with music and chants of
the Bakoya Pygmies invited to
the village for the rite.
 Bakoya music and dances | | | |
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3. Group of Bakoya singing women.
4. Bakoya Pygmy dance in the Bakota village.
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5. Bakota circumcision
candidate with his face
painted and a coin in
his mouth, during one
of the preliminary rituals. | | | |
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6. Sister of the
circumcised boy,
with his face painted
white, during a
preparatory ritual. | | | |
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8. Bakota women and girls with their faces painted
for the rite of male circumcision.. | | | |
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9. Bakota woman with
her face painted
and amulets around
his neck, singing a
ritual chant for the
male circumcision. | | | |
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| 10. Circumcision ritual dance. | | | |
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