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The fang tribes are spread over a vast area of the equatorial Africa and can be found in Cameroon, equatorial guinea and Gabon, mainly in the hot, humid equatorial rain forest of Gabon. The ensemble of fang people practiced a cult devoted to ancestors. The guardian figures were placed on a top of a biery., or reliquary box, in which the bones of ancestors were kept. The skulls and long bones of these men were believed to retain power and to have control over the well-being of the family. . Deeply sacred, the relics were in fact taken out of their box only during rituals and could be seen exclusively by the initiatedFor the fang, the guardian of the relics were considered both as children and as older men giving number of sculptures childish features. The byeri also served for the initiation of young men for the initiation of young males during the great red antelope festival. |
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