Yohouré mask. Part of over 50 years. Delivered on base.
The Yaouré are divided into three main groups each bringing together around twenty villages. Each village is led by a chief, assisted by a council of the ancients. Language, religion, culture and Yaouré art are influenced by their powerful neighbors Les Baoulé and Gouro. However, they have a great meaning identity and have created a characteristic and refined art. Check the Yohouré or Yaouré, the African masks are used to influence the supernatural forces 'yu' responsible for the ills of men but also of their prosperity. Masks in this ethnic group are prohibited to women, they are most often danced to restore the social and political imbalance that death can lead. The Yohourés influenced the Baoulés with regard to the aesthetics of the masks and were themselves influenced by the Gouro style. On this mask the nose and the hair recall the Gues Gouro masks. The hair is arranged in three very worked semicircles: this is the sign among the Yohouré of power and wealth*. The masks of this ethnic group give serenity, a sweetness which is due to relatively mild living conditions (climate and agriculture favored by the lagooned wooded region they occupy). Yohouré masks are often surrounded by a characteristic serrated border which structures the mask and underlines the general harmony of forms.