The Kumpo is a mythical figure of the Jola people of Gambia 🇬🇲 and Senegal 🇸🇳. A ‘Kumpo’ is the centre of the action at a village celebration.
He is dressed in palm leaves and has a stick coming out of the top of his head and he dances! Almost looking like a haystack.
This actually represents a sweeping broom. The Kumpo sweeps away all the evil spirits and allows things to continue as normal. Work and play.
Nobody is allowed to look within the palm leaves, this is taboo and sacrilege. By tradition the Kumpo is a ghost.
No comments:
Post a Comment