Kankurang
Kumpo
Mamapara
Simba
 Masquerades play a very important and pivotal role in
Gambian society. They include the Kankurang, of the Mandinka, the
Kumpo of the Jola, the Simba of the Wolof tribe and the Mamapara. Each
masquerade is associated with either circumcision, enforcing village
rules, scaring away evil from the village as well as today's general
entertainment.
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