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navigation symbol About Bedu - introduction
navigation symbol Making the Bedu mask - sculpting Bedu
navigation symbol Painting Bedu
navigation symbol Performing Bedu - Zorogo
navigation symbol Performing Bedu - Classic Bedu dances
navigation symbol Initiation to Bedu
navigation symbol Greeting Bedu
navigation symbol Listen to the sounds of Bedu.
navigation symbol Making the Bedu collection at Brighton
navigation symbol Bedu as a theme in Performance Gallery
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  Bedu Masquerade

Yérékaye, March 1994. On the third day of the annual Feast of Fanlo, the Bedu mask makes its first appearance of the year. © Karel Arnaut
Yérékaye, March 1994. On the third day of the annual Feast of Fanlo, the Bedu mask makes its first appearance of the year. © Karel Arnaut

Contemporary masking tradition, Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa, featuring the towering two-metre tall Bedu plankmasks. A time of fear, fun and the reaffirmation of village life, mixed in a heady brew of ritual, dance and song.

- Bedu masks in Brighton Museum's collection
- About Bedu - introduction
- Making the Bedu mask - Sculpting Bedu
- Painting Bedu
- Performing Bedu - Zorogo
- Performing Bedu - Classic Bedu dances
- Initiation to Bedu
- Listen to the sounds of Bedu.
- Making the Bedu collection at Brighton
- Bedu as a theme in Performance Gallery
- References

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