Djimini

The Djimini are a village of Mandé origin and Muslim religion north of Côte d'Ivoire, in the subprefecture of Dabakala. They're part of the big family SenufoFor opposing conqueror Samory, they paid an expensive and bloody tribute. For embracing the religion of French colonizers in the century XIX Very few artistic vestiges of this ethnic group remain. Their masks and statues represent the good geniuses. Female statues are often intended to ensure the fertility of women. Its main institution is the Do or Lo, which centralizes most ceremonies, mainly funeral ceremonies and on the occasion of the birth of twins. They mastered the art of varnishing pottery objects based on resins and roots and applied the same technique to statues and masks. Both their masks and their statues are representations of good spirits or spirits of ancestors. Masks appear in ritual dances.