Kankurang Center and Museum

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The Kankurang Center and Museum in Janjanbureh in eastern Gambia focuses on the Kankurang mask dance , which was included on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2005. The mask dance is an initiation ritual in the West African region of Senegambia ; the entry was submitted jointly by the states of Gambia and Senegal as an intangible cultural heritage .

The museum has been planned since at least 2009 and was founded in 2016 and opened in October.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Daily Observer of December 31, 2016: Overview of Kankurang Center and Museum ( Memento of December 31, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Exhibition of Kankurang in Janjangbureh - The Point Newspaper, Banjul, The Gambia. In: thepoint.gm. November 5, 2015, accessed December 31, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Kankurang, Manding initiatory rite - intangible heritage - Culture Sector - UNESCO. In: unesco.org. Accessed December 31, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Kankurang Center Discussed. Daily Observer, April 20, 2009, archived from the original ; accessed on December 31, 2016 .
  5. ↑ NCA Culture Visits Proposed Kankurang Center -. The Point Newspaper, Banjul, September 2, 2009, accessed December 31, 2016 .
  6. ↑ Tourism minister visits Kankurang Center. mansabanko.blogspot.de, March 18, 2010, accessed on December 31, 2016 .