A Mediator between the Material and Spiritual Worlds
Wounagole
Burkina Faso
Ethnic group: Nuna
Canadian Museum of Civilization
Each of these flutes has a distinct identity and role.
The wounagole reveals the content of the song and ends the singing. Of different
sizes, these eight zoomorphic instruments in the shape of birds are used at
funerals and to play the music of the masks.
Date Created: May 8, 2001 | Last Updated: August 19, 2009