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- (plural: mapico or mapiko) is a wooden East African mask for ceremonial dances of the Makonde people in Mozambique and Tanzania. Mapiko is a ceremonial dance...
- special genre of traditional ritual Makonde art are the characteristic Mapiko masks (singular: Lipiko). These have been used in tribal dances accompanying...
- (1958-1961). Museu Nacional de Etnologia. 2014. In Step with the Times: Mapiko Masquerades of Mozambique. Ohio University Press. 1 June 2014. ISBN 978-0-8214-4486-3...
- Malawi. Kungoni Centre of Culture and Art, 2012 Gerhard Kubik: Makisi nyau mapiko. Maskentradition im bantu-sprachigen Afrika. Trickster Verlag, München 1993...
- begins by describing the use of these masks (singular: lipiko, plural: mapiko) in ritual dance performances. Especially at the end of initiation rites...