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than the use of he face masks. When, in this male dominated part of Makonde culture, the men wear these masks, they take on not only their own identity – a man in a mask – but also the dramatic depiction of a character and the incarnation of an ancestral spirit. Men make the masks in secret and talk of them in public is prohibited in order to maintain the separation between reality and the spiritual realm of the mapiko. As a masculine artistic medium, mapiko deals with matters of gender and social

various circular houses with conical straw roofs that are occupied by his wives and their children, as well as any older, unmarried children. Each male head of an extended family, the zaka, lives in a compound containing a similar layout. The height and state of repair of a compound’s surrounding mud-brick wall is indicative of the relative social position of the family. Inside the compound are spaces for granaries, the grinding of grain, preparing meals, and enclosures for domestic animal. Several of

figures of females are also often white-washed with chalk and other sources of pigmentation, again, white being the color of the water spirit in Urhobo society. Additionally, chalk also can represent food and abundance, two things that come from the water spirits. The Urhobo put on giant masquerade-like spectacles to invite water spirits to come into the communities for a time while they honor the spirits, nature, elders, ancestors, and persons of social and spiritual prominence. At the end of these

Bernas, and Jane Davie 2023 Recipients: Kiah Miller & Nick Etzell 2022 Recipient: Sarah Nelson Congratulations! LEADERSHIP IN SOCIAL JUSTICE AWARDThis award recognizes a graduating student who has served as an agent of change. The individual receiving this award has contributed to increasing the PLU community’s capacity for the awareness and action necessary for justice; prioritized and engaged diversity and inclusion at PLU, local, regional, and/or global communities; and has committed to the

. You will be emailed in August (January, if entering in the spring) with instructions for completing this process. Borrowers of the Federal Parent PLUS Loan: One parent must sign in at http://www.studentaid.gov, using their own Social Security Number and FSA ID after July 1st. Parents have the option to borrow up to the full cost of attendance, minus any financial aid accepted by the student (this is the “maximum eligibility” option on the website). Application requires: a) Authorizing the U.S