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Mask festival in West Africa

In February the otherwise sleepy and dusty town changes into a large funfair and an Eden for ethnologists during the international mask festival.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 02.2012
Date Uploaded: 11.2014
Photo Location: Dedougou, Burkina Faso
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Copyright: © Matjaz Krivic