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The Bwa Mask of Mali and Burkina Faso Mask are surrounded by the Bamana in north, the Bobo in the west, the Marka in the east and the Gurunsi and Lobi in the south. Each Bwa village is directed by a council of elders where the ‘labie’, the eldest member of the ruling clan is the master of the soil. Socially the Bwa are divided into three endogamous professional classes or castes: farmers, blacksmiths and griots (musicians who recount historical information through song.)