CONOR BEARY

The Dancing Devils of Liberia are masked performers who represent different tribal demons and deities. All belonging to the Poro (men) and Sande (women) community they are relics of traditional Juju worship belief systems that were dominant in West Africa before the introduction of Christianity.


Despite the term Devil, the Devils themselves do not necessarily represent evil, Christian missionaries demonised previous belief systems hence the term Devil. 

  

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