File:Benin- Egungun masquerade.jpg
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English: The Egungun is a secret society of masqueraders of the Yoruba People who live in the area of Western Nigeria and Eastern Benin. The Egungun worship the ancestors and provide a means of contact with the ancestral spirits. The masks worn by the Egungun represent a spirit of a particular person.
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