Awa Society
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Awa (in Dogon), also known as the Awa Society, the Society of Masks, is an African mask and initiatory society of the Dogon people of Mali which is made up of circumcised men, and whose role is both ritual and political within Dogon society. The Awa Society takes an important role in Dogon religious affairs, and regularly preside over funereally rites and the dama ceremony—a ritual ceremony that marks the end of bereavement in Dogon country ( fr ). This Society is one of the important aspect of Dogon religious life—which is primarily based on the worship of the single omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent Creator God and the veneration of the ancestors. Although it is only one aspect of Dogon's religious sects, it is perhaps more well known than the others partly due to Dogon mask–dance
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La société Awa, ou société des masques, chez les Dogons au Mali, est une société initiatique constituée d'hommes circoncis. Elle intervient lors des cérémonies funéraires, notamment lors des funérailles et du dama (levée de deuil). Cette institution est l'une des expressions de la religion des Dogons, basée sur le culte voué au Dieu créateur Amma et sur le culte des ancêtres. Cet animisme prend en effet quatre formes :
* le culte du lébé;
* le culte du Binou;
* le culte des âmes;
* l'institution des masques (société Awa).
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Awa (in Dogon), also known as the Awa Society, the Society of Masks, is an African mask and initiatory society of the Dogon people of Mali which is made up of circumcised men, and whose role is both ritual and political within Dogon society. The Awa Society takes an important role in Dogon religious affairs, and regularly preside over funereally rites and the dama ceremony—a ritual ceremony that marks the end of bereavement in Dogon country ( fr ). This Society is one of the important aspect of Dogon religious life—which is primarily based on the worship of the single omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent Creator God and the veneration of the ancestors. Although it is only one aspect of Dogon's religious sects, it is perhaps more well known than the others partly due to Dogon mask–dance culture which attracts huge tourism, and their masks highly sought after, and in fact, one of the first to be sought after by art collectors in the west.
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La société Awa, ou société des masques, chez les Dogons au Mali, est une société initiatique constituée d'hommes circoncis. Elle intervient lors des cérémonies funéraires, notamment lors des funérailles et du dama (levée de deuil). Cette institution est l'une des expressions de la religion des Dogons, basée sur le culte voué au Dieu créateur Amma et sur le culte des ancêtres. Cet animisme prend en effet quatre formes :
* le culte du lébé;
* le culte du Binou;
* le culte des âmes;
* l'institution des masques (société Awa). Les membres de la société Awa parlent le sigi so, langue secrète rituelle utilisée lors des cérémonies religieuses.
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