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Burkina Faso Picture by Mark Davies
Travel story: Funeral festival (sunday, may 9th)

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About 10kms further down the dirt road, the village of Sougalodaga was in the middle of "celebrating" the death of an old man. This perhaps happened once or twice a year, and consisted of lots of beer drinking and the daily appearances of the masks -- for a dance of the spirits. Here we are early sunday morning on our way to the village.

Otherwise quiet, the village was busy with people who had come to see the masks. Around every corner there... More

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