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Incredible Stilt Dancers twirling at a ceremony in the Ivory Coast

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While visiting the Ivory Coast, Côte d'Ivoire, I was invited to witness a traditional stilt dance. Supposedly, the masked figured works as a mediator between modern society and the spiritual world. The mask is also said to include the power for the man to be able to dance and spin while wearing these stilts. I was told the dancers identity is kept a secret and that not even his own family would know he is a dancer. This ceremony is performed by the Dan people in northwest Ivory Coast.

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