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Dance, décor, drumming, music, song, and costumes are essential components of any Igbo dramatic, religious, or secular performance, such as the Mmanwu/Masquerade festival.

When utilized together, these actions can be used as a medium, for the actors and or performers to communicate with their ancestors and summon spiritual energy.

Through dance and music, Igbo communities have passed on their traditions and heritage, as well as the narratives and metaphors that have bound their society together for centuries.

Masks are commonly utilized in dance and song performances, such as the Mmanwu festival festivities, to re-create and symbolize the spirit dancers' impersonation characters.

Masquerades and the acts that accompany them so reflect the community's history as well as the political, social, and economic forces that create its existence.

Almost all ancestral dances are masked/masquerade dances because they specify or depict the functions of ancestors that are not visible to people.

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