Toussian

The Tussian constitute a small group of 30.000 people, settled, though scattered, in the southwestern tip of Burkina Faso and temien in Ivory Coast, in the Kong region. Relative from distant times to the Senufo They speak a language "gur" quite similar. They are neighbors of the BoboThey mainly practice animistic religions although Islam is gaining many adherents. They have suffered considerable cultural and linguistic influence from the Diula. It is a people essentially of cultivators. They are led by the head of the village, who holds political power, assisted by the leaders of Do and the heads of the different neighborhoods. His religion revolves around the C, a great civilizing spirit, owner of the world, being invisible that can only be revealed to the initiates and that constitutes the center and basis of all institutions. The Do brings peace, abundance, rain and fertility to the fields and to the woman. This small ethnic group that lives in southwestern Burkina Faso is known for its loniake mask built from a rectangular wooden plate bordered by fringes and topped by one or two bird heads, specifically the calao or sometimes a pair of horns. They're initiation masks.