REGION: Africa
COUNTRY: Zambia
YEAR PRINTED: 1992
VALUE: 1 kwacha
This stamp, issued by the Zambian government in 1992, celebrates the kasinja mask of the Chewa people. This mask is used by the Nyau Secret Society during funeral ceremonies, to represent the messenger of important ancestors. He sometimes plays a narrator in the dance drama, introducing the masked characters coming next to perform the dance.
