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'Xaman' - El Toro
$420.00
Code: ITOR001
Size: 23" x 26" (59 x 68 cms)
'Xaman' (el toro) personage is a key figure in the 'danza/juego de los diablitos' celebrated by the Brunka tribal community annually, since early colonial times. This important 3 day tribal cultural event takes place in their respective villages of Boruca and Rey Curre in southern Costa Rica.
This single and imposing character in this indigenous cultural tradition represents - incarnated in the 'xaman'-bull - an antagonist figure. He is the motif of the invading , rapacious colonizer from across the ocean who does battle with waves of 'kagbru rojk' (the "diablitos") who represent the defending and resistant ancestors of the Brunka people - chieftains, warriors, shamans and mystical entities all do battle against the disruptive 'sikua' (foreigner) in the figure of 'xaman'(the bull)
This is a faithful reproduction, at scale (with real horns), of the actual toro/bull mask of Boruca used in ceremony (the actual worn mask is never for sale, as opposed to the used 'diablitos' masks - some of which Namu can acquire).
Size: 23" x 26" (59 x 68 cms)
'Xaman' (el toro) personage is a key figure in the 'danza/juego de los diablitos' celebrated by the Brunka tribal community annually, since early colonial times. This important 3 day tribal cultural event takes place in their respective villages of Boruca and Rey Curre in southern Costa Rica.
This single and imposing character in this indigenous cultural tradition represents - incarnated in the 'xaman'-bull - an antagonist figure. He is the motif of the invading , rapacious colonizer from across the ocean who does battle with waves of 'kagbru rojk' (the "diablitos") who represent the defending and resistant ancestors of the Brunka people - chieftains, warriors, shamans and mystical entities all do battle against the disruptive 'sikua' (foreigner) in the figure of 'xaman'(the bull)
This is a faithful reproduction, at scale (with real horns), of the actual toro/bull mask of Boruca used in ceremony (the actual worn mask is never for sale, as opposed to the used 'diablitos' masks - some of which Namu can acquire).