Mother of puppets Kunsogo Ba
Ethnicity: Bambara.
Country: Mali.
In Africa, the puppet theater is in the hands of youth associations directed with ingenuity by old master craftsmen who use fun and playfulness to guide and unite the youngest in the sacred values of traditional society and its primacy over the individual.
Puppets are an instrument of expression that allows young people to play an effective role within society. Ideas circulate, models are copied. So much so that the smallest of the Bambara villages has a competitive youth association stimulated by old gatigui teachers in charge of distributing the responsibility among the youth, at all levels. They are the ones who introduce young people to puppet manufacturing and manipulation techniques and symbol of their presence among young people. Each association has a "puppet mother" Kunsogo Ba. Rigid, this puppet is not articulated and never dances, it simply watches and is present to channel the emotions of the young and ensure their perfect education. 158 x 40cm
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