The latest dance is intended to praise and you can feeling change. Staying in the newest face masks, the brand new Bedu comfort bless and you will purify the latest village dwellings as well as their residents and you can metaphorically absorb worst and you will misfortune, which they eradicate about neighborhood therefore the new-year begins afresh.
This new disguised (antelope headdress) dance of your own Bamana off Mali means Chi Wara, the jesus out-of agriculture – a beneficial supernatural being who is half of creature and you will half of son – which very first trained somebody tips nurture the fresh ground. Chi Wara’s public exposure are an enthusiastic invocation off his blessings.