Abakuá folklore, masquerade dancer (2011).
Item
- Title
- Abakuá folklore, masquerade dancer (2011).
- Description
- This image shows a dancer in full body masquerade performing the dance of the íreme, an ancestor spirit that plays a crucial role in the rituals of the abakuá brotherhood. There is a man holding out a plantain towards the íreme, who has turned his back. This is a gesture of trying to placate and control the unruly spirit.
- Date Created
- Screen shot from a video recorded in August 2011.
- Creator
- Video recorded by EK Batiuk. Screen shot by EK Batiuk. Performance by Oba Ilú.
- Format
- .png
- License
- CC BY NC
- Subject
- Oba Ilú; abakuá folklore; Kinetic Conversations
- Item sets
- Kinetic Conversations-photos
