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- needed] Mende and Vai women of the Sande society in Sierra Leone don the Sowei mask during rites of p****age, specifically initiation ceremonies for young...
- is a male that trains the women. The Mende see the Zogbe (Sowei) as a woman. The Mende Sowei is not as intimidating and vicious like the Gola, B****a, Vai...
- chiefs, are called sowo (sing. sowei) and represent the society's guardian spirit. The irreducible elements of sowei are a helmet form, lustrous blackness...
- / masks that some practicing cultures called Sowei / sowo. The masks themselves are not named, and Sowei / sowo refers to the title of the ****ociation...
- Various Mende masks, specifically Sowei Masks, were the focus of a 2013 exhibition in the British Museum, exploring the Sowei traditions. Learning dance is...
- Foau Kapitiauw Liki Nopuk Keerom Regency Aywi Janggu Taikat Yafi Manem Sowei Dubu Molof Usku Emumu Sangke Waina Senggi Waris Biak Numfor Regency Borapasi...
- practice FGM. There is no federal law against FGM in Sierra Leone; and the Soweisthose who do FGM excisionwield considerable political power during...
- Academy 5: Amal el Ma7lawy (Tunisia)- 3 wins. (Tie) - Star Academy 6: Yehia Soweis (Jordan)- 4 wins; More than any contestant in Star Academy history. - Star...
- anywhere from 200,000 to 600,000 Leones, which converts to 62–185 dollars. Soweis, the leaders of the Bondo, tend to raise the price of the initiation into...
- Seattle Art Museum in 2015 and the Brooklyn Museum in 2016. She has cited sowei helmet masks produced by the Sande society in Sierra Leone as inspiration...