Tabaski - Konden Pt.2 (Baro, November 2011)

The Tabaski celebrations in Baro, November 2011. I arrived in the village only a few days beforehand. The mask Konden comes out to dance at this time of year. Normally there are 2-3 masks. The big one in Konden. The middle one is the Balaney and the little one is the Tooraning Balaney. In Baro however, the two most prominent families in the village (Camara and Coulibably I think) both have their own masks! This means that there are 6 in total! Crazy! In some smaller villages they only have Konden and Balaney.
In this video you see the Balaney dancing quite a bit.

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[James Farrell]

Awesome video!

[James Farrell]

Alright Paddy Daniel, hope you're wearing your sun block