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Punu / Tsangui Mask, Gabon #139 lilac fire opal trade and tourismPunu Tsangui Mask, Gabon #139 Masks from Gabon are often called by the name of the rites in which they participate (Bwiti, Bwt, Byri, Ngil, Emboli, Okuyi, Mukuyi). They intervene in all the events that are vital for the community, in rites with a social aspect (mourning, funerals, illnesses), purification or fecundity rites (birth, adolescence, virginity), reconciliation and justice rites (to restore the authority of the chief, harmony within