Face Mask Gunye Ge O Dialogue

 

It is the mask of the pedestal races that originally was a messenger mask, it is a mask of fun. It is also known as Gangoin or Gunyeya. He has a pointed face, a thin nose that widens at his base and a pronounced mouth. According to the villages their eyes are round or almond.

They ran in groups during symbolic war games and had to reach and stop the bearers of peace. The races were aimed at training men for combat. The bearer had to stop another from the opposing clan. The hit runner lost his mask and had to hand it over to the man who stopped him. He was then to weave a mask of raffia and wear it until he managed to recover his, overcoming many sacrifices inflicted upon him by the opposing clan. At present during the great dry season young people organize careers in which the masks participate. Tradition wants its bearer to be chased by a maskless runner. If it is reached it must pass the mask to the victor who will, in turn, be persecuted by another runner. There will also be races in which the first one who manages to touch an object placed in a precise place will win.

Currently the race mask is a playful mask and this type of tests is still practiced, frequently, on the occasion of the parties that are celebrated in occasion of the initiation of the pubs, in the feasts and profane dances and in the shows for tourists.

Mask acquired in Rome and restored.