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Two key elements of the culture of Burkina Faso are masks and dancing. The masks used in this region are made for rites of sacrifice to gods and animal spirits in the villages, to demonstrate the villagers' desire for blessing by the spirits.
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Cinema Sanyon in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
The Popular Theatre in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, is a center of social and cultural events for the country. Ouagadougou, is a major hub of activity for those involved in African cinema, and hosts a Pan-African film festival every year called FESPACO, the Pan-African film and television Festival of Ouagadougou, which is a world-renowned affair. Culture and art are further displayed at Laongo, an area of exposed granites where artists from the entire world are invited to sculpt on the rock. [1] Idrissa Ouedraogo, probably the most commercially successful African director, is from Burkina Faso
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- ^ Burkina Faso (2006b). Sculptures de Laongo Burkina Faso Retrieved 04/12/ 2006 from [1]
