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The culture of Burkina Faso in West Africa is also called the Burkinabé culture.

Two key elements of culture in Burkina Faso (a country once known as Upper Volta) are its indigenous masks and dancing. The masks used in this region of the western Sahel are made for rites of sacrifice to gods and animal spirits in the villages. Native dance, on the other hand, is employed to demonstrate the villagers' desire for blessings by the spirits.

Literature

Literature in Burkina Faso is based on the oral tradition, which remains important.^[1] In 1934, during French occupation, Dim-Dolobsom Ouedraogo published his Maximes, pensées et devinettes mossi (Maximes, Thoughts and Riddles of the Mossi), a record of the oral history of the Mossi people.^[1] The oral tradition continued to have an influence on Burkinabé writers in the post-independence Burkina Faso of the 1960s, such as Nazi Boni and Roger Nikiema.^[2] The 1960s saw a growth in the number of playwrights being published.^[1] Since the 1970s, literature has developed in Burkina Faso with many more writers being published.^[3]

Theatre

Theatre of Burkina Faso combines traditional Burkinabé performance with the colonial influences and post-colonial efforts to educate rural people to produce a distinctive national theatre. Traditional ritual ceremonies of the many ethnic groups in Burkina Faso have long involved dancing with masks.

Cuisine

Media

Art

In addition to several rich traditional artistic heritages among the various peoples, there is also a large artist community in Burkina Faso, especially in Ouagadougou. Much of the crafts produced are for the growing tourist industry. Tigoung Nonma was set up by a group of disabled artisans and sells crafts to provide a sustainable income for disabled artisans in Burkina Faso.^[5]

Cinema

The Popular Theatre in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, is a center of social and cultural events for the country. Ouagadougou, is a major hub of activity for those involved in African cinema, and hosts a Pan-African film festival every year called FESPACO, the Pan-African film and television Festival of Ouagadougou, which is a world-renowned affair. Culture and art are further displayed at Laongo, an area of exposed granites where artists from the entire world are invited to sculpt on the rock. ^[6] Idrissa Ouedraogo, probably the most commercially successful African director, is from Burkina Faso.

Music

Religion

While exact statistics on religion in Burkina Faso are not available and vary widely, the Government of Burkina Faso estimated in its most recent census (1996) that approximately 60 percent of the population practice Islam, and that the majority of this group belong to the Sunni branch, while remaining minorities adhere to the Shi'a branch, and significant numbers of Sunni Muslims identify with the Tijaniyah Sufi, or Salafi traditions.^[7] Ahmadiyya Islam also has a large following.^[8] The Government also estimated that 24 percent of the population maintains traditional indigenous beliefs, 17 percent practices Roman Catholicism, and 3 percent are members of various Protestant denominations.^[7]

Holidays

References

1. ^¹²{{cite book | last = Salhi | first = Kamal | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Francophone Voices | publisher = Intellect Books | date = 1999 | location = | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=G9u9TeDegXMC | isbn =1-902454-03-0 | page = 37 }}
2. ^{{cite book | last = Allan | first = Tuzyline Jita | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Women's Studies Quarterly: Teaching African Literatures in a Global Literary | publisher = Feminist Press | date = 1997 | location = | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=QD8TgZVWugYC | isbn =1-55861-169-X | page = 86 }}
3. ^{{cite book | last = Marchais | first = Julien | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Burkina Faso | publisher = Petit Futé | date = | location = | pages = 91–92 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=6jsBLSzJWYsC | language = French | isbn =2-7469-1601-0 }}
4. ^{{cite web |title = Oxfam's Cool Planet - Food in Burkina Faso |publisher = Oxfam |date = |url = http://www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/ontheline/explore/journey/burkina/food.htm |accessdate = 2008-05-21 |deadurl = yes |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120517115414/http://www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/ontheline/explore/journey/burkina/food.htm |archivedate = 2012-05-17 |df = }}
5. ^Our partners in Burkina Faso {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407084259/http://www.internationalservice.org.uk/where_we_work/burkina_faso/partners_burkina_faso.aspx |date=2014-04-07 }}. internationalservice.org.uk
6. ^Burkina Faso (2006b). Sculptures de Laongo Burkina Faso Retrieved 04/12/ 2006 from
7. ^¹[https://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2007/90084.htm International Religious Freedom Report 2007: Burkina Faso]. United States Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (September 14, 2007). This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
8. ^{{Cite book|title=Breach of Faith|last1=|first1=|quote=Estimates of around 20 million would be appropriate|authorlink=|volume=|publisher=Human Rights Watch|location=|isbn=|page=8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yi8ONIe1fv4C&pg=PA8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=-jgWU83CCIOZyAPJjoDYCQ&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false| date=June 2005}}
9. ^{{cite web| last =| first =| authorlink =| coauthors =| title =Burkina Faso Public Holidays 2008| work =| publisher =World Travel Guide| date =| url =http://www.worldtravelguide.net/country/45/public_holidays/Africa/Burkina-Faso.html| accessdate =2008-06-06| deadurl =yes| archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20080531120143/http://www.worldtravelguide.net/country/45/public_holidays/Africa/Burkina-Faso.html| archivedate =2008-05-31| df =}}