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- Masquerade_in_Mende_culture comment "Public masquerades play an extremely significant role in Mende life. Art History Ruth B. Philips writes that Mende masquerades "are a means of mediating between the general community and the medicine societies that are central to Mende social life. Through masking performances, the public is kept informed of important events which occur in the private domain and is enabled to witness and to share in rituals that transform the status of relatives and friends.".