7th Gr, 11/9 by Andrew Tekoppel

Bellringer 11/9

andrew_tekoppel — 2015-11-09 13:34:49 UTC

What is the meaning of the African mask? What did the masks represent and how was the tradition passed down?

Nadia 11/9

nadia_smith — 2015-11-09 15:03:56 UTC

The meaning of the masks was for celebrations, initiations, crop harvesting, war preparation, and peace and trouble times. African masks often represent a sprit and it is strongly believed that the sprit of the ancestors possesses the weaer

josue 11/9/2015 ! _ ! ǝnsoɾ ⓙⓞⓢⓤⓔ

2015-11-09 15:04:48 UTC

It was traditional and that is why they did it.

talaysha 11-9-15

talaysha_miller — 2015-11-09 15:04:52 UTC

There mask meant there stories and there life. The tradition was passed down by what stories came out of there mouths.

Rondell R 11-9-2015

2015-11-09 15:05:38 UTC

The masks were represented for stories and other historical things like a ceremonial costume and passed them down generation to generation.

talayia 11-9-2015

talayia_miller — 2015-11-09 15:06:39 UTC

There mask meant there stories and there life.It was traditional and that is why they did it.

Madison ^_^

2015-11-09 15:06:51 UTC

The meaning of African mask is apart of a ceremonial costume. It also represents spirits, the spirit of an ancestors possesses the wearer.

Savannah

savannah_mccollom — 2015-11-09 15:06:54 UTC

The mask represented for stories and for tradition to be passed around

Ernesto Sanchez

2015-11-09 15:07:39 UTC

The masks represented traditions and tribes. the tradition was passed down by stories.

Jerome.Dinero

2015-11-09 15:07:46 UTC

The meaning of the masks was for celebrations,initiations, crop harvesting, war preparation.

shandrillol<3 :>

2015-11-09 15:17:57 UTC

the mask meant culture and stories and they danced around the fire.and more