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YAKA NDEEMBA MASK 🇨🇩

More than a mask.

Originating from the Yaka people of Congo, the Ndeemba is traditionally connected to Mukanda 
a coming-of-age ceremony marking the passage from boyhood into adulthood.

Its exaggerated features carry meaning: the prominent upturned nose symbolizes masculine power and fertility, while the eyes reference the moon and female fertility.

A face of initiation.
A symbol of transformation.
A piece of Congolese memory.

Welcome to Gezati Gallery.

#Gallery  #africanmask #congo by @joegez7
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